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kottke.org posts about Ben Trott

The first Gizmodo design

While we’re being all nostalgic, here’s what Gizmodo looked like when it launched:

Gizmodo 2001 design

The site, which launched several months before Gawker, was designed & developed by Ben and Mena Trott with the couple’s relatively new blogging software, Movable Type.