The eNotes Blog A Decade of eNotes Happy Birthday toUs!

A Decade of Happy Birthday toUs! As they say: time flies when youre having fun.  This December marks the tenth year that has been helping students and teachers,  and we can hardly believe  it. It seems like just yesterday we were all asking Jeeves lifes great questions  (and definitely NOT  on our flip phones). Were cracking opening the   photo album to take a peek back through a decade of education and site transformation. 2005 With a love of learning and literature, our co-founders Alex and Brad officially launched in 2005.  We were both fans of Shakespeare, who is difficult to understand for studentswe felt we could help students by putting the text of his plays alongside commentary from an expert, says Brad. So, to better help students, the  first iteration was a complete  site  that helpfully  aggregated content from a wide variety of sources and bringing it to the World Wide Web  for the first time ever.   2010 For several years succeeded in making professional, academic study materials more easily accessible to the general publicwhich to this day is still our driving force. To expound upon that idea, and create a more interactive environment, launched a QA community where knowledge-seekers could easily connect with educators to learn in a more helpful,  one-on-one capacity. 2015 Tens of millions of students and teachers later, we are still driven by passion for education, and a penchant for classic literature. Today, is an even more bustling and thriving community of like-minded learners. As a fully digital company, weve been through several website designs, trends, and ideas. Our suite of tools is now complete with more than 30,000 literature study guides, 300,000 homework questions, 10,000 teacher documents, and qualitative essay review. Were excited for what the next decade brings us. Maybe will meet you  on your Apple watches, your Google glasses, or some type of (hopefully benevolent) in-home robot helper. Whatever the future may bring, were excited to continue the journey of learning and knowledge with you.