September 8, 1999 - Webbies is introduced to help promote CCC members' web design
businesses. Hundreds of members put themselves "on the map" and many report getting work as a result.

webbies.coolmaps.com
September 27, 1999 - Nathan Lovelace joins coolmaps.com.
November 1, 1999 - coolmaps.com creates new company named DataDrill, Inc. to exploit its patented
database search technology.
December 29, 1999 - Peter and Tal drive over 600 miles in one day to deliver the very first box of
Fusion 5.0 to a CCC member in San Jose, California.

read more about this exciting trip
February 2, 2000 - Ric Arnold joins coolmaps.com.
February 15, 2000 - Second "DataDrill" patent (US6025843) is issued. This patent covers techniques
specific to database searches.
March 30, 2000 - services.coolmaps.com is launched to provide CCC members with easy access to
interactive website functionality that goes beyond the capability of Fusion and HTML. SendLetter was the
the first service included on this site. Now, there is also ClubPoll2,
InForm
and CounterStrike.