Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

Still, since 1996, the only major change to the browser’s user experience has been the addition of tabs. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few. Search —Back in 1996 during the time of the last browser UI innovations, searching the Internet was very different.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. Gabriel Kuperman, CEO of CuePin, says, “Try testing an idea with a small budget that you can obtain through your own savings, a small bank loan, or even a Kickstarter campaign.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We alsothought wed be able to sign up a lot of catalog companies, becauseselling online was a natural extension of their existing business.But in 1996 that was a hard sell. When we got real funding nearthe end of 1996, we hired a great CFO, who fixed everything retroactively. We officially launched in early 1996.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

For those too young to remember perhaps the best known of this era came in 1996 and was known as Dancing Baby , a strange, animated gif of — you guessed it. And the idea that my employees many of whom felt directly attacked by the rhetoric on the campaign trail and they felt that their lives or their identities were directly attacked.

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