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For a while there on Twitter yesterday, web people took some time to give props to other web people who have inspired them. #HonoringWebFolk was the hashy sack (or whatever that thing is called that the lawn kids use).

There are so many generous people I could mention: Veen, Zeldman, Champeon, Holzschlag, Çelik, Meyer…

But I want to give special mention to an unsung hero of the web: Dean Edwards, a JavaScript genius who created the mother of all polyfills—before polyfills were even a thing. Take a look through the annotated jQuery to see how large his influence looms.

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Previously on this day

9 years ago I wrote Botonomy

What if we had a Singularity and nobody showed up?

10 years ago I wrote Seattle Apart

Another excellent event apart.

12 years ago I wrote Spaces

It’s the small things that irritate and delight.

13 years ago I wrote Conceptual and photographic art in Brighton

An SMS-based adventure game plus an exhibition by our local Flickrstar.

13 years ago I wrote Machine Tags of Loving Grace

Revish sets the tagging machinery in motion.

15 years ago I wrote The campaign trail of destruction

Even before the election was announced, the Tories had been actively peddling their particular breed of populism.

17 years ago I wrote Live from Baghdad

"Men, we have got to find Saddam Hussein."

18 years ago I wrote The Mirror Project

Needless to say, while I was in Paris, I took the obigatory photograph in the bathroom mirror at the hotel.

18 years ago I wrote City of Love

I’m back from Paris.