Tag: history
Animated Infographic Of Audio Formats From 1980 To 2010
If you know your gadgets, you know that the cool thing to have back in the '80s was of course the Walkman, or the Freestyle as some people called it. Listening to music on the go was the edgiest thing you could really do. However, in order to do that, you had to have a cassette of course. It was the ...
How The Star Wars Intro Text Was Created
Let's revisit the old for a second. Let's crawl in all the retro we can muster while still feeling squeaky clean afterwards. I would like us to embark on an adventure into the marvelous land of the movies back in the '70s. Yeah, it was that long ago that the first Star Wars movie was released. Sheee ...
![The Colorful History Of Video Game Animation [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Colorful-History-Of-Gaming-Animation-1-optimized.png "The Colorful History Of Video Game Animation [Infographic]")
The Colorful History Of Video Game Animation [Infographic]
There is more to being a gamer that just knowing how to kick ass when playing pretty much any game you can think of. It also has a lot to do with knowing where things are headed as well. To be ahead of the "game" means you have to master the way things are produced on the screen, and many times the ...
The 1983 Apple Gift Catalog: A Special Kind Of History
This brings back so many memories for me. I remember the first time I ever saw an Apple computer. It was in the early '90s. My uncle bought a Power Macintosh desktop computer, and everyone in my family thought he was nuts, except me. I was intrigued by how it looked, and I always wanted to visit him ...
![Commodore 64: A Retro History Timeline [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Commodore-64-History-Timeline-Infographic-1-optimized.jpg "Commodore 64: A Retro History Timeline [Infographic]")
Commodore 64: A Retro History Timeline [Infographic]
Oh how I loved the Commodore 64 when it was released. My brother and I managed to get a hold of one, and we used to work that basic programming language like our lives depended on it. We created small and large applications ranging from simple art to some extensive text adventure games which we show ...
Childhood Pictures Of Our Favorite Historical Scientists
This sounds like an old person thing to say, but life is really short. We all want to leave our mark and contribute in a way that will be remembered long after we're gone. Steve Jobs is an example of someone who lived his life this way, and he loved that old Wayne Gretzky quote, "I skate to where th ...
![The Animated History Of The iPhone [Video Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/The-Animated-iPhone-History-Video-optimized.jpg "The Animated History Of The iPhone [Video Infographic]")
The Animated History Of The iPhone [Video Infographic]
The ongoing talk about the iPhone is probably divided into two camps. Some people are for it, and some are against it. Ever since this groundbreaking new smartphone was announced and launched, people have been arguing about whether it is actually the best one, the first one or even the most successf ...
The Visual History Of Coca Cola: One Image Says It All!
The world's most famous beverage by name is definitely Coca Cola. I remember watching a TEDx speech by Linda Gates (Bill Gates' wife) who said there are small villages in Africa that don't even have water, but Coca Cola trucks deliver their beverage to these villages once a week. I even heard that a ...
The World’s Oldest Photograph From 1825
We've written alot on Bit Rebels. Everything from Invoice Receipt Template for Itemized Bill, to today's topic, about the world's largest indoor picture ever taken and the world's highest resolution picture ever taken, but today it's all about the oldest picture ever taken.
It's this little pictu ...
![Steve Jobs: Timeline Of A Visionary & Creative Genius [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Steve-Jobs-Innovation-Timeline-Infographic-1-optimized.jpg "Steve Jobs: Timeline Of A Visionary & Creative Genius [Infographic]")
Steve Jobs: Timeline Of A Visionary & Creative Genius [Infographic]
Welcome to yet another article here on Bit Rebels. Chances are, you are reading this article on your iPhone and in doing so, you are using one of Steve Jobs' brainchilds. The man we all hoped would recover to full health is no longer with us, but his vision remains like a lantern in the dark for App ...
How It Was Coded: Evolution Of Web Development Techniques
Coding a website just isn't the same as what it used to be. When the Internet was young and still only served up text, coding a website was quite easy. Back then it was all about HTML tags. After a while came all the new add-on languages that helped inject things that HTML just could not do. We've c ...
![A Visual History Of Twitter [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/A-Visual-History-Of-Twitter-1-optimized.jpg "A Visual History Of Twitter [Infographic]")
A Visual History Of Twitter [Infographic]
Twitter has certainly come a long way since that day in 2006 when it opened for the public to sign up. It's just mind boggling to see that Twitter has gone from a personal project to over 200 million users in a little over 5 years. New features are being released on a regular basis, and more users k ...
Famous Photographs From History Recreated In Lego
Two of our favorite topics to write about on Bit Rebels are Star Wars and Lego. We are inspired by both of them, and they never get old. That is probably because there are always creative new things out there to share with you. It just never ends, and that is of course thanks to all the Star Wars an ...
![Every Revision To The Star Wars Movies Since 1977 [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Star-Wars-Timeline-Of-Revisions-1-optimized.jpg "Every Revision To The Star Wars Movies Since 1977 [Infographic]")
Every Revision To The Star Wars Movies Since 1977 [Infographic]
If you have been awake at all lately, you probably have not missed the new box release of the Star Wars series on Blu-ray, right? Well, if you have, then you must have either been insanely busy or you just don't give a rat's ass. It's pretty much everywhere these days. If it's not on an ad in a pape ...
![Mobile Phone History: All The Firsts [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Mobile-Phone-History-Firsts-Infographic-1-optimized.jpg "Mobile Phone History: All The Firsts [Infographic]")
Mobile Phone History: All The Firsts [Infographic]
There is little I can say that hasn't already been said when it comes to the history and timeline of mobile phones. With every day that passes, we get more and more addicted to our phones, and it seems we can't put them down anymore. It's interesting since just a few years ago we didn't even fathom ...