Let's all meet up in the Y2K
A nostalgic look back at the dot-com boom era in London, focusing on the aesthetic and work culture of a digital agency in the late 90s and early 2000s. The author recounts the technical challenges of early web development and the unique office culture of the time.
Why it matters
This provides historical context for the evolution of web design and the cultural shifts within the tech industry over the last 25 years.
Back in 2024 I posted a few of these on Twitter ( thread reader ) after digging out old photos from the dot-com boom . I was working in London at a digital agency called Blueberry . Please take a seat for peak translucent plastic frutiger aero aesthetic, long before the term was coined, and some period flashbacks if you were working on the web at this time.
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