One More Loss in the Jungle

A moment of silence is asked for Webmonkey, the acclaimed online tutorial site for all things HTML-y. Many folks I know, including myself, considered Webmonkey one of the premier sources for how-to info on programming for the web, but alas it has fallen by the Dot-Com wayside. As reported by Wired.com, the folks at Webmonkey announced that the site was closing down after a new round of cuts from it's parent company, Terra Lycos. And now an incalcuable amount of browser bookmarks must be updated.

But seriously, this is another in a long strings of online pioneers to fall victim to the Dot.Com bubble burst of the last few years. Magazines like Red Herring, development companies like marchFirst, and even browser companies like Netscape have turned into dust and memories as companies downsize, consolidate, or abandon online projects. I certainly hope that the Internet economy and design fields find an equilibrium (if for no other reason than personal job opportunities), and I bemoan the lost of such a stalwart as Webmonkey.