Old promises of new technologies.

Researching the different docks in macOS through the years and compiling them all into a single graphic.

You don't have to squint to see the pattern... but why?

Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.

Human factors has reinvented itself every decade since Bell Labs, the oldest lessons are the ones pointing the way forward.

Human factors has reinvented itself every decade since Bell Labs, the oldest lessons are the ones pointing the way forward.

A visual history of how humans learned to interact with AI.

A memorial to the messengers, social networks, browsers and websites the internet forgot.

Guess the year. 5 real headlines a day.

How Colossus cracked Germany’s encrypted communications.

A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Guess where and when each artifact was made.

The web's biggest hand curated directory of apps and experiments that simulate desktop operating systems.

A variety of online machine emulators written in JavaScript. Run DOS, Windows, OS/2 and other vintage PC applications.

An archive of Chinese cigarettes — 3,200+ SKUs across 200+ brands with pack imagery and graphic design history.

Generative AI and the long history of artistic automation.

Jeffrey Zeldman helped end the browser wars by making the case for standards. We are starting that journey again.

What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us about America?

Google Images is turning 25. Here’s a look back at some major milestones — and new ways to explore and create visual content.

Preserving the cultural artifacts that shaped internet history.

The app that taught us to directly follow our favorite creators.