By 2012, Shock & Awe was down to four people. The iMac G4s were gone. The warehouse felt cold. Mira was doing SEO consulting.
The plugin was gone. But for one beautiful, spinning, percentage-filled moment, Leo had been the magic that made the internet dance. flash plugin
Leo laughed. He added it. It was glorious. For three years, Leo was king. Flash was everywhere: YouTube videos, the first viral games ( Alien Hominid , Line Rider ), entire band websites that were just one giant SWF file. Leo learned ActionScript 2.0, then 3.0. He could make a particle system explode into a thousand glowing butterflies and then reassemble into a logo. He was a god of a very small, very beautiful world. By 2012, Shock & Awe was down to four people
People would visit a Leo site and a little gray box would pop up: “Do you want to install Flash Player?” Mira was doing SEO consulting