The Web Archaeologist

Recovering web artefacts, posting fun facts about the good Ol' days of the interweb twitter: @wwwarchaeology

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@kevinrose in @bloombergbusinessweek magazine in 1996

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#pacman on #apple II computer. Enjoy hundreds of apple II games on the Internet archives emulator: https://archive.org/details/apple_ii_library_games #retrogaming

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The @mailchimp landing page since 2001. Text ➡️ image. #webdesign

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@____theverge homepage evolution since 2011. #webdesign #ui #WebArcheology

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8 years of @Airbnb . Always nice to see how such a big service evolves! #ux #ui #webarchaeology #airbnb

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#SteveJobs introduces WIFI to the masses on the iBook by using a hula hoop! The greatest showman of the tech industry #Apple #WebArcheology

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14 years of @facebook profile page! from 1 million users to more than 1 billion! #UX #UI #WebArcheology #design

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Ever wonder what the 1st Web Server looked like? It was a Next computer from #CERN institute buff.ly/1nFILUZ #FUNFACTS #webarchaeology

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Here's a fossil of the website you're using every single day! #Facebook #webarchaeology #archives

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1997 @WIRED magazine cover when #apple destiny was pretty dark.

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19 years of #apple home page. No drastic change in #UX #UI high focus on mobile tech. #webdesign #webarchaeology

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18 year of @google.com. So little has changed on the surface. So much behind the curtains. I love how the design remained consistent for all these years. Makes me think of #apple and #porshe! #WebArchaeology #ux #ui #design

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Old Apple logo. Amazing how it's changed! #WebArchaeology #apple

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Meet Ethan Zuckerman inventor of the beloved pop-up ads. Learn more by listening to this amazing podcast https://gimletmedia.com/episode/3-i-didnt-mean-to-break-the-internet/ #WebArchaeology #popups

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Dotcom bubble series: Most famous failure of 00s dotcom era. Lost $300 million in VC money. buff.ly/1Zw4bPS #WebArchaeology #InternetHistory #fail #tech

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Dotcom bubble series: Boo burnt $135 million in 2 years. Delayed launch+bad UX=huge fail. #WebArchaeology #fail

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More stock photos from the 70s! #stockphoto #InternetHistory #WebArchaeology