dub3 card · www.housingmaps.com
HousingMaps (2005)
Craigslist rentals, pinned on a Google map, before Google said you could.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Tech
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: A random card in your hand costs 1 less.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 3 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.
The site, in 2005
A site that put Craigslist rental and housing listings on a Google map, made by decoding Google Maps' JavaScript before there was an official API.
Paul Rademacher, then an engineer at DreamWorks Animation, built it in April 2005. Called the first Google Maps mashup, it led Tim O'Reilly to name it the first true Web 2.0 application, and Google hired Rademacher.
In 2005: Built in April, weeks after Google Maps launched, showing San Francisco rentals as icons on the map.
Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2005 page.
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2005, then plays a short scene. Want HousingMaps in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
