The Sketches That Became Our Familiar Computer Icons
A sketchbook from the 1980s contains some of the earliest versions of computer icons we still see today More »
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Rebecca J. Rosen is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She was previously an associate editor at The Wilson Quarterly, where she spearheaded the magazine's In Essence section.
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