Why was the sky getting poked? Because Dubai finished the world’s tallest building, making every other skyscraper feel like it was just a starter home.… Read More »2009 Archive: The Burj Khalifa Completion

 Why were we “backing” things? Because someone decided that the best way to fund a potato salad or a smart watch was to ask 10,000… Read More »2009 Legacy: The Launch of Kickstarter

 Why were we crying in the first ten minutes? Because Pixar decided that a silent montage of a marriage was more emotionally devastating than any… Read More »2009 Archive: Up (The Movie)

 Why was “paying back” so social? Because we decided that everyone needs to see a public feed of us paying our roommates for “pizza and… Read More »2009 Legacy: The Launch of Venmo

 Why was everything a square? Because Notch created a world where you could punch trees and build castles, starting an addiction that would eventually consume… Read More »2009 Archive: Minecraft (Alpha) Release

 Why did it say “DROID” so loudly? Because Verizon and Google teamed up to make a phone that was the “anti-iPhone,” complete with a sliding… Read More »2009 Legacy: The Launch of the Motorola Droid

 Why were we “Mayors” of Starbucks? Because in 2009, “checking in” to a location was a badge of honor, before we realized that broadcasting our… Read More »2009 Classic: The Launch of Foursquare

 Why did YouTube prank us? Because they turned every video on their homepage into a link to Rick Astley, officially declaring that the internet has… Read More »2008 Vintage: The “Rickroll” on April Fool’s

 Why was the library “infinite”? Because in October, a small Swedish company decided that we should stop pirating music and start renting it for free… Read More »2008 Archive: The Launch of Spotify (Europe)

 Why did the banker iron five shirts on Sunday? Because he was an optimist who thought he’d still have a job by Friday. 2008 was… Read More »2008 Archive: The Financial Meltdown