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An Older Parallax - Google 2001 Search

JWoodJWood Posts: 56
edited 2008-10-01 19:27 in General Discussion
Was just surfing the web in 2001 today (www.google.com/search2001.html) and looked at Parallax's site back then.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010510213139/www.parallaxinc.com/

Parallax ... I must you have come such a long way from these day! I'm happy for your great success. So I figured I would post this treasure found in time.

Good Day
Jason
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Comments

  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,403
    edited 2008-10-01 17:15
    Wow. Are you sure that wasn't 10 years ago? Jen and I worked really hard on that web site, especially when we added e-commerce. That older product line represents a ton of work, between design, manufacturing, distribution. I remember that the GrowBots were kitted up on December 20 that year, shipped UPS red just in order to get to customer's homes before Christmas. The manual schematics were drawn in MS Word and we printed them in the office. I think the document had a funny setup that allowed us to staple it in the middle, requiring pages to be printed out of order. Ohhh the learning curve was long! The whole office would get involved in manufacturing, kitting, and shipping when we had to.

    There were times when we had no HR manager, and no policies. Good and bad points about that, as you can likely imagine.

    Most interesting of all is that we can't see the changes and progress as easily in the daily increments that we experience. But when you show us that old web site it's clear that we've made some progress.

    Our customers have stuck with us, which made it possible.

    Thanks for sharing, Jason!

    Ken Gracey
  • JWoodJWood Posts: 56
    edited 2008-10-01 17:24
    No, Thank you Ken! It's great to not just see but hear first hand the love that was present.

    Your company alone was what drove my desire for EE and robotics. Now it's all my free time!

    Thanks!!

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  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2008-10-01 18:13
    Not bad. The BS2 has kept the same price over the years... Looks like pretty much everything that was in the old site is in the new, except with much better navigation and formatting. Just shows that you did it right the first time.
  • NR1XNR1X Posts: 111
    edited 2008-10-01 19:27
    I like the basic stamp t-shirts... "like duct tape for nerds" Where can i get one?? also noticed basic stamp dial up modem app kit. now there's pink!!! way to grow Parallax.. i myself look forward to many more years of fun with parallax products...
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