# As We May Link


- Date: 16-Sept-2015
- Author: Prateek Rungta
- Link: https://themanual.org/read/issues/3/jeremy-keith/article
- Tags: Longevity
- URL: https://miranj.in/blog/2015/as-we-may-link


An ode to “the alpha and the omega” of the web, the [humble and powerful hyperlink][understand]. By [Jeremy Keith][jk] for the third issue of [The Manual][manual].

We designers often get worked up about the information architecture of our own websites and apps (which I refrain from calling _silos_, although they often tend towards that) and forget about the information architecture of the web itself. This essay provides an [alternate, historical perspective of organising the world's information][self].

[jk]:http://adactio.com/
[manual]:https://themanual.org/
[understand]:https://benward.uk/blog/understand-the-web
[self]:https://themanual.org/read/issues/3/jeremy-keith/article