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First discovered Wired on the shelves of our local college. Immediately fell in love, and begged my parents for a subscription. This was during the golden age the article is talking about. Man, those covers – and that paper – were beautiful.

Their online presence was equally inspiring; those intro gifs, the bold graphics. Web Monkey was a great resource for learning to code.

Hot Wired Style [1], by Jeffery Veen, was hugely influential. To this day, technological improvements aside, it's a great example of principled web design.

1: https://www.amazon.com/Hotwired-Style-Principles-Building-Sm...



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