Map to Openwave in California

Final Project

In my opinion blogging is difficult and I have ran into some problems while doing this assisngment and very time consuming. I had the most diffcult part by adding the RSS feed gadget I did not know how to configure the URL. Finding information on Thomas Reardon was very slim and searching the web for five different pictures of him was difficult so I looked at different search engines. So I had to use pictures that were related to his work on Internet Explorer. I did have trouble at first uploading the slideshow pictures. But I enjoyed learning about how to make blogs and adding different gadgets to enchance the look. I would set more time aside to create a blog and take a course in a classroom setting instead of online, because I learn better doing tasks hands on and asking questions where the teacher can show me the directions. Used labels gadget.

The Flow

Internet Explorer into the Future!

I was unable to find any video with Thomas Reardon. However I did find an interview involving Internet Explorer 9

Progression of Internet Explorer Through the Ages

• Early 1994 Thomas Reardon conceived I.E. while working on Windows 95
• Late1994 Microsoft licensed Spyglass Mosaic.
• Summer of 1994 work began on Internet Explorer.
• Internet Explorer debuted August 16, 1995
• Version 1.0 was released as part of Plus! for Windows 95.
• In 2002 I.E. 6 had 96.5% market share 
• March 14, 2011 I.E. 9 released
• April 2011 I.E. 10 announced developer preview released with Windows 8's 

The Life and Times of Thomas Reardon

Mr. Reardon was raised in an Irish-Catholic household, one of 18 children. Thomas Reardon is a math and science prodigy attending classes at Massachusetts Institute of Technology before he even graduated high school. After he had graduated high school he moved to North Carolina where he met Bill Gates and began his Microsoft career. In 2003 he was listed in MIT Technology Review; as one of the top innovators under 35. Even though his impact to the world of technology was significant in 2004 he decided to switch directions in go to school at Columbia University of General Studies; where he graduated Magma Cum Laude in 2008. Later achieving his Master's in Neuroscience at Duke University in 2010.


As I previous stated Thomas Reardon is most well known for his work on Internet Explorer. He started working for Microsoft in the summer of 1994 starting off with Windows 95. While working on Windows 95 he begin coming up with ideas that will later become I.E. he was only 24. Thomas Reardon started implementation on I.E. version 1.0 with only a team of six people using the source code from Mosaic. I.E. was originally released in Microsoft Plus!. He continued to be involved with the creation of Internet Explorer into the late 90's including when it peeked as the number one used internet browser with I.E. 5. The ubiquity of I.E. paved the way to how we interact with web. It exists as the default standard to which other browser’s are bench-marked and compared too. Even now when its market share is approximately 35% Internet Explorer’s legacy lives on. Yesterday he gave a speech to Columbia University graduating class of 2012

Internet Explorer is Born

Thomas Reardon is a remarkable man most well known for, his early work on Internet Explorer. Reardon's participation in I.E. early years was pivotal in how I.E. has defined the World Wide Web. Even though I.E. is what he most widely known for, he has worked on other technologies such as Openwave in the early 2000's. In addition to being one of the founding members of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). I chose Thomas Reardon for my project because I.E. was the leading web browser for more than a decade and is still a strong contender today.