Timeline: William Sheppard's Engineering and Technology Timeline

Nov 23, 1999

Born

William Sheppard was born on November 23, 1999.

Jan 9, 2001

iTunes Released

ITunes, original known as SoundJam MP until it was purchased by Apple, was created by Bill Kincaid. ITunes allows people to buy music through their iPods, iPhones, or Apple computers. During the first week of release, iTunes customers bought over a million songs.

Feb 14, 2005

YouTube Created

YouTube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005. YouTube is used today as a website to view and post videos. The first video posted on YouTube was by Jawed Karim. In 2009, YouTube was sold to Google.

Jul 15, 2006

Twitter Created

Twitter was created by Evan Williams, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone in 2006. Twitter is a social media app to post "tweets", pictures, and videos. Twitter is one of the most famous apps and is still extremely popular today.

Nov 19, 2006

Nintendo Wii Released

The Wii was released by Nintendo in 2006 as a video game console. The Wii was created when Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to focus on a new form of player interaction. The Nintendo Wii's main competition is the Microsoft Xbox.

Jun 29, 2007

First iPhone Released

In 2007, Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, released the iPhone 3GS. The iPhone 3GS is very different to the iPhones today, but it was a very technologically advanced smart phone at the time. Within the first weekend of the iPhone's release, over one million phones were sold.

Nov 19, 2007

First Kindle Released

Amazon released its first Kindle in 2007. The Kindle was Amazon's first e-reader, and within five and a half hours after the release, all units were sold out. Amazon has released many different generations of Kindles since the first.

Dec 25, 2007

Got My Dog

On Christmas in 2007, I got my first dog, Jack.

Apr 3, 2010

iPad Released

Apple released its first iPad in 2010. The iPad was Apple's first touchscreen tablet. Within the first eighty days that the iPad was released, over three million iPads were sold. has since released five different iPads since the first iPad's release.

Jun 10, 2011

Graduated Elementary School

William Sheppard graduated Shady Grove Elementary School on June 10, 2011 when he was 11 years old.

Jun 22, 2012

Tesla Car Released

The Tesla Car was one of the first modern electric cars produced by Elon Musk. The Tesla is much safer to the environment than gas powered cars. The starting price today is at $101,500, but the price will soon go down so that the car can be affordable to many.