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2000s
2000–2009
Open source grows up, search organizes the world, and the phone in your pocket gets smart.
- SQLite: The Database Moves Into the ApplicationSQL without a server to look after8 min
- Mac OS X: A Desktop With Internal BordersThe windows were glossy; the boundaries mattered more7 min
- Wikipedia: The Page Is Only the Latest VersionAn encyclopedia with an edit history8 min
- Windows XP: The Home PC Gets a Different FoundationOne foundation, several kinds of permission7 min
- BitTorrent: A Download With Something to OfferThe audience helps carry the file8 min
- iTunes 4: The Music Library Acquires a CheckoutBuy, file, play; the rules come along7 min
- Steam: Installing a Game Becomes an Ongoing TaskThe installer stays to manage the next version8 min
- WordPress: Publish the Post, Reuse the PageOne post, several places to appear8 min
- Firefox 1.0: The Browser Belongs to Its UserThe application changes; the bookmarks need somewhere to stay7 min
- Ubuntu 4.10: Someone Has to Choose the PackagesA distribution is a set of continuing decisions8 min
- World of Warcraft: The Adventure Keeps a LedgerA shared world needs rules for individual progress8 min
- Ajax: The Page Can Wait Without YouThe request finishes later; the interface carries on7 min
- Git: History Becomes a Graph You Can CarryTwo lines of work need a common past7 min
- Google Maps: Move the Map, Keep the PageA new view doesn't require an entirely new picture7 min
- Rails 1.0: The Framework Makes Some DecisionsAgreement about names removes work between components7 min
- Amazon S3: Storage Becomes a Named ObjectAsk for the object; let the service manage the disks7 min
- Scratch: The Program Becomes Something to ShareA moving sprite gives the instructions something visible to explain7 min
- Chrome: A Page Failure Gets a Smaller AddressThe browser should survive the page it is displaying7 min
- The iPhone SDK: Building and Distribution Meet at a GateA working application still needs a route onto the phone7 min
- Minecraft: The World Is Also the MaterialThe scenery can become the thing you make8 min
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