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In 1993, there were just 23,000 websites and less than 40 million users. In 2018, there are roughly a billion websites, and more than three billion users.
Jack Self • THE BIG FLAT NOW: Power, Flatness, and Nowness in the Third Millennium
Joseph Heller wrote Catch 22 in the evenings after work - it took him eight years spending 2-3 hours each night.
source: Daily Rituals, Mason Currey
In 2004, with the introduction of automated traffic lights, New York City disabled most of its 3,250 crosswalk buttons (it was cheaper than removing them), but pedestrians continue to press them, under the illusion that it changes the light so they can cross.”
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The first digital ad was displayed in 1994 on hotwired.com — the ad had a click-through rate of 44%, compared to an average of 0.46% for online display ads last year.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but… Craigslist has being running for the last 20+ years with a team of ~50 people.
On-demand audio listening time (think podcasts) crossed linear audio listening (think radio) for the first time in 2023.
this guy is worth $110 bn dollars