15th Anniversary: The Birth of Wired/Tired/Expired

As Wired closed its debut issue, someone suggested a Tired/Wired list as an afterthought. It stuck. ("Expired" was added in 2002.) Here's a sample from our first year. START Previous: 15th Anniversary: Tractors Turn Out as Smart as One Writer Predicted Next: Mr. Know-It-All: Babies and TV, Ringtones and Copyrights, Passwords and Wives

As Wired closed its debut issue, someone suggested a Tired/Wired list as an afterthought. It stuck. ("Expired" was added in 2002.) Here's a sample from our first year.

START Previous: 15th Anniversary: Tractors Turn Out as Smart as One Writer Predicted Next: Mr. Know-It-All: Babies and TV, Ringtones and Copyrights, Passwords and Wives