DE Anniversary Discussion

1995:

It was the year that marked the launch of DVD as new media; the birth of Yahoo! and eBay; and the passing of The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia. If you're a sci-fi movie buff, you might
remember that, in the fictional time line of James Cameron's Terminator movies, it was the year Skynet sent the robot assassin T-1000 to kill the human resistance leader John Connor.

At the end of August, just as Windows 95 (codenamed Chicago) hit the store shelves, the premiere issue of Desktop Engineering (DE) went off to press. Cover lines for Volume 1, Issue 1 read:

• Your Changing Desktop: Micros have forever changed, but the big changes have just begun.
• Build a Virtual Oscilloscope with Labwindows/CVI 3.1
• Designing Whitewater Rafts using CadKey

This December, DE turns 15. We're planning to take a look back as we forge ahead. Please help us celebrate by telling us what you remember about the past 15 years. Help us decide what to highlight in the anniversary issue by taking....

I'm also curious to know what you think the headlines might be in the next 15 years. What stories and product reviews do you think DE will be featuring on its cover in the Christmas 2025 issue? With our art director's help, perhaps we'll create a digital mockup of that cover.

Share your memories by either leaving comments here or uploading images (either of yourself or of your CAD design circa 1995).

So do you remember where you were in 1995?