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2026.05.28·uiux·21
Dogfooding: Eat Your Own Dog Food First
"Eat your own dogfood" — the phrase Microsoft kicked off in a 1988 internal email. The validation culture started here. The best makers become the first us
2026.05.28·uiux·26
Hamburger Menu: This Three-Line Icon Was Drawn in 1981
Three horizontal lines mean "menu." It was drawn in 1981 by Norm Cox, icon designer for the Xerox Star. Buried for 30 years and resurrected in 2009 on mobi
2026.05.28·uiux·7
Bug: The Day a Bug Was Actually a Bug
An actual moth found inside Harvard's Mark II on September 9, 1947 — and the Edison "callbellum" joke that came 70 years earlier. The real etymology of the
2026.05.28·uiux·14
Cookie: Why Is a Cookie Called a Cookie?
In 1994, a Netscape engineer borrowed the name from a Unix joke called "magic cookie." The etymology that traces back to Hansel and Gretel.
2026.05.28·uiux·11
Easter Egg: A Game Developer Hid His Own Name in 1979
In 1979, Atari developer Warren Robinett secretly slipped his own name into the game Adventure. The origin of the Easter Egg and what it means to make a pr
2026.05.28·uiux·11
Mouse: A Wooden Box with Two Wheels, 1964
The wooden-box mouse Douglas Engelbart invented in 1964, the patent that paid him nothing, and why the most powerful inventions often start as a joke.