Shelly Mendieta
@shellmend.bsky.social
Retired Air Force Officer, Veteran Health Advocate, Preserver of Legacy
Mother of the Internet, Radia Perlman
Yesterday, I went down the rabbit hole of who made the internet possible. Now, I want to celebrate Radia Perlman. Bob Lynn does a phenomenal job bringing her impact to life in “The Mother of the Internet You’ve Never Heard Of." voxmeditantis.com/2025/07/08/t...
Yesterday, I went down the rabbit hole of who made the internet possible. Now, I want to celebrate Radia Perlman. Bob Lynn does a phenomenal job bringing her impact to life in “The Mother of the Internet You’ve Never Heard Of." voxmeditantis.com/2025/07/08/t...
The Mother of the Internet You’ve Never Heard Of (But Should Have)
Radia Perlman, the overlooked ‘Mother of the Internet,’ invented the Spanning Tree Protocol in 1985, transforming isolated networks into the scalable infrastructure that enables today&#…
voxmeditantis.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Mother of the Internet, Radia Perlman
Yesterday, I went down the rabbit hole of who made the internet possible. Now, I want to celebrate Radia Perlman. Bob Lynn does a phenomenal job bringing her impact to life in “The Mother of the Internet You’ve Never Heard Of." voxmeditantis.com/2025/07/08/t...
Yesterday, I went down the rabbit hole of who made the internet possible. Now, I want to celebrate Radia Perlman. Bob Lynn does a phenomenal job bringing her impact to life in “The Mother of the Internet You’ve Never Heard Of." voxmeditantis.com/2025/07/08/t...
I went down a rabbit hole - who made the internet possible? I expected the fathers of the internet - Kahn & Cerf, ARPA's Licklider, Berners-Lee, who invented the WWW system, & Baran who proposed a network to survive nuclear attacks. historycooperative.org/who-invented...
Who Invented the Internet? The Origin and History of the Internet
The Internet has become an essential part of modern life, a global network that connects billions of computers and devices, allowing people to access data, communicate, and share information worldwide...
historycooperative.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I went down a rabbit hole - who made the internet possible? I expected the fathers of the internet - Kahn & Cerf, ARPA's Licklider, Berners-Lee, who invented the WWW system, & Baran who proposed a network to survive nuclear attacks. historycooperative.org/who-invented...