Why were the photos disappearing? Because some Stanford students realized that sometimes you want to send a selfie that doesn’t haunt your digital permanent record… Read More »2011 Vintage: The Launch of Snapchat

 Why was the floor shaking? Because the great “FPS War” reached its peak, and we all had to decide if we preferred “Destruction 2.0” or… Read More »2011 Archive: Battlefield 3 vs. Modern Warfare 3

 Why was the “Green Bubble” taking over? Because in China, Tencent launched an app that would eventually do everything from paying for groceries to booking… Read More »2011 Archive: The Launch of WeChat

 Why did I ask Siri to “open the pod bay doors”? Because Apple’s engineers were clearly bored and gave us a phone that could quote 2001:… Read More »2011 Classic: The Launch of “Siri” Easter Eggs

 Why were we asking strangers questions? Because we decided that Yahoo Answers was too chaotic and we needed a place where “experts” could give us… Read More »2010 Legacy: The Launch of “Quora”

 Why was it so gray? Because Amazon perfected the e-ink screen, making us feel like we were reading a newspaper from the future that never… Read More »2010 Vintage: The Kindle 3 (Kindle Keyboard)

 Why was it “private”? Because someone thought we only wanted to talk to 50 people, forgetting that the internet’s main goal is to be seen… Read More »2010 Legacy: The Launch of “Path”

 Why was it guessing my thoughts? Because Google started showing results as you typed, making us feel like the search engine was finishing our sentences… Read More »2010 Archive: The Launch of Google Instant

Wings of Liberty: Why did it take 12 years? Because Blizzard finally released the sequel, proving that “Constructing additional pylons” is a lifetime commitment. Part of… Read More »2010 Vintage: Starcraft II

 Why did the World Cup sound like a swarm of angry bees? Because South Africa introduced the world to a plastic horn that made every… Read More »2010 Archive: The Vuvuzela Invasion