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Google MentalPlex illustrations page showing correct and incorrect usage examples from the April Fool’s Day 2000 hoax

Google MentalPlex: the first Google Doodle project I created

Google MentalPlex: the first Google Doodle project I created Google MentalPlex went live on 1 April 2000 as an April Fool’s Day page on Google, inviting users to search not by typing, but by staring into a spiral and mentally projecting what they wanted to find. The original page is

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From Santa Monica to Silicon Valley: The Origin of the First Google Doodles

From Santa Monica to Silicon Valley: The Origin of the First Google Doodles In 2000, I was hired by Google to illustrate what would become their very first Google Doodles. Long before it was a global company, Google was still a bold new search engine looking to stand out. These

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Kangaroos in sports-themed Google Doodles by Marsden.

Google Doodle Retrospective Feature: First Google Doodle Series (2000)

Google Doodle Retrospective Feature: First Google Doodle Series (2000) When Google celebrated 20 years of Google Doodles, I was deeply honored to be mentioned in their official retrospective. In the article, Google makes a clear distinction between the first Google Doodle (the original one-off from 1998) and the first Google

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