Historical tech tree
Interactive visualization of technological history.
Interactive visualization of technological history.
In 30 years, JavaScript went from being a little scripting language to one of the world’s most popular.
Back when RAM was precious, clever code reigned. Take a peek into early computer vision’s elegant solutions.
Susan Kare's journey, inspirations, and views on design and its evolution.
Traditional and contemporary dimensions of shared mythologies.
Restoring an IBM 2168 and maxing out DOOM.
Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month as when it launched back in 2009.
The history of the NYC subway map, from a 1972 beautiful minimalist diagram to a clear and functional navigation tool.
Artifacts that embody craft—something that speaks to our understanding of what it means to make with intention.
This is the story of the people who made music visible.
The world changed a lot in 1995. And for the web, it was a transformational year.
Infinite scroll through 80k Winamp skins with interactive previews.
With HotWired, we introduced the world to the internet. Hyperlinks! Verticals! Banner ads! Cookies! Thirty years later, the hangover is real.
A unique wiki-based resource specifically dedicated to documenting fundamental gaps in human knowledge.
"I picked up my sketchbooks daily, saying to myself: what will I learn of myself that I didn’t know. Je suis le cahier / I am the notebook."
Transform any modern webpage into a totally rad 90s GeoCities style website.
A collection of classic Macintosh and NeXT system releases and software, all easily accessible from the comfort of a web browser.
At the turn of the millennium, Windows revolutionized network management and paved the way for the modern, connected workplace.
Visualize country borders from different times in history (123,000 BC - 1994).
Transform Wikipedia articles into beautiful, interactive timelines. Compare historical events and explore history in a visual way.