Why was an email account a status symbol? Because Google launched it on April Fool’s Day with a massive 1GB of storage, and you needed… Read More »2004 Legacy: The Gmail Beta Launch

 Why was selling things getting easier? Because a guy who wanted to sell snowboards online decided to build a platform that would eventually host half… Read More »2004 Vintage: The Launch of Shopify

 Why was it a “marathon runner”? Because it landed on Mars for a 90-day mission and decided to stay for 15 years, proving that robots… Read More »2004 Vintage: The Mars Opportunity Rover

 Why were we afraid of time travel? Because Ashton Kutcher showed us that even if you go back to fix one thing, you’ll probably just… Read More »2004 Classic: The Butterfly Effect

 Why were we sharing photos? Because before Instagram, we had a place where we could upload high-resolution pictures of our cats and organize them with… Read More »2004 Legacy: The Launch of Flickr

 Why were we calling landlines? Because in 2004, the dream was to call your grandma’s rotary phone from your laptop for 2 cents a minute.… Read More »2004 Classic: The Launch of the “SkypeOut” Service

 Why was the gravity gun so fun? Because 2004 taught us that throwing a radiator at a zombie is the most satisfying experience a human… Read More »2004 Archive: Half-Life 2

 Why was it so dark? Because id Software decided that “flashlight management” was a core gameplay mechanic and that we should all be terrified of… Read More »2004 Classic: The Doom 3 Launch

 Why did the fox hug the world? Because we were all desperate to escape the “security nightmare” of Internet Explorer and finally have tabs that… Read More »2004 Legacy: The Launch of Firefox 1.0

 Why were we so ready for 2005? Because 2004 was the year the “Social Media” era truly began, and we were all too busy checking… Read More »2004 Legacy: New Year’s Eve 2004