In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet https://arstechni.ca #softwaredevelopment #Sunmicrosystems #talesoftechlore #browserhistory #webdevelopment #brendaneich #Programming #techhistory #ECMAScript #JavaScript #typescript #retrotech #trademark #Netscape…
In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon https://arstechni.ca #computersciencehistory #onlinecommunication #textcommunication #internethistory #talesoftechlore #CarnegieMellon #digitalculture #ScottFahlman #Emoticons #flamewars #retrotech #techlore #ARPANET…
Original Mac calculator design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for 10 minutes https://arstechni.ca #softwaredevelopment #userinterfacedesign #talesoftechhistory #Vintagecomputing #computerhistory #talesoftechlore #retrocomputing #AndyHertzfeld #ChrisEspinosa #Folklore.org…
The Mac calculator’s original design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for ten minutes https://arstechni.ca #softwaredevelopment #userinterfacedesign #talesoftechhistory #Vintagecomputing #computerhistory #talesoftechlore #retrocomputing #AndyHertzfeld #ChrisEspinosa #Folklore.org…