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As a person who covers day-to-day tech news, I often wonder how my writing might come off to someone in the future — and whether anyone will even be reading it. I can’t answer those questions, but I can do the next best thing: look back at what other people were writing 20 years ago.
Here are a collection of stories — big and small — that science and technology enthusiasts might have checked out two decades ago, and that can help inform the ways we think about the world today.
Five science and technology stories from April 1999
Spy satellites, virtual dancing, and revenge
Five science and technology stories from this week in 1998.
The launch of adventure game Grim Fandango, plus other stories from this week in 1998.
Cyber dating, Y2K, and other tech stories from the week of October 6th, 1998.
Google’s 20th anniversary, a fight over flame mail, and other science and technology stories from the week of September 8th, 1998.
Darren Aronofsky’s Pi, a Windows disaster in the Navy, and other stories from July 14th, 1998.
The first live streamed birth, an angry FTC report, and other stories that science and technology fans might have checked out the week of June 16th, 1998.
Stephen Glass, the iMac, and other science and technology stories from the week of May 12th, 1998.
Five stories — big and small — that science and tech enthusiasts might have checked out the week of April 21st, 1998.
Teenage hackers, the men who sold Mars, and other science and tech stories from two decades ago.