We're jumping into our time machine and going back to 2018 for an interview with Will B. about the various twists and turns that led to the creation of Instagram Stories. We will be back with a fresh interview next month.

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Links

• Rebound: https://github.com/facebookarchive/rebound
• Origami Studio: https://origami.design/

Timestamps

• Intro 0:06

• Will Bailey 1:14

• Early FB iOS app 7:16

• Release Trains 11:52

• The End of HTML5 13:29

• Migration to Native 16:05

• Facebook Home 17:02

• Design Collaboration 22:03

• Instagram 26:33

• Slingshot 27:57

• Instagram for Android 29:54

• Instagram Stories 35:37

• Rebound 41:25

• Outro 44:41