Between May 1996 and 30 June 1997, the Web zine HotWired used a front page design that prefigured the weblog interface.
Uncharacteristically for HotWired, the design launched to no fanfare in May 1996. Lexis Nexis has neither a press release nor any other contemporaneous mention in its archives.
I’ve started a list of the known references to the design. If you are aware of any other sources, online or off, please do let me know! More…