#22: The History Behind the Contact Icon on Windows
This might be hard to believe, but the generic contact icon on Windows traces its origin back to a moment in Bill Gates’s past. This ubiquitous symbol finds its roots in Gates’s 1977 mugshot taken during his arrest in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a minor traffic violation.
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The snapshot captures a fleeting moment in the tech mogul’s journey, now immortalized as a subtle yet hilarious detail in our digital lives. It just shows that even the icons we encounter daily hold hidden stories, connecting us to the human experiences that shape our technological landscape.
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