February 13, 2007

  • OUR INTERNET WORLD

     Internet Island Topic Post #22.00: Our Internet "World"


    We'll start at the beginning of your "stay" on the "internet world".

    22.02. Hardware, Software, and nowhere
    Write or somehow present your "internet history". I wrote an essay for my website called     "A Short History of the World Wide Web" in 1999. It wasn't a "history" of the internet, but of my own experience "online". I'd like to know what journeys through cyberspace you've taken over the years. Straight sailing? Detours? Virtual collisions?


    MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE INTERNET STARTED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.  MY MOM GOT A COMPUTER.  I DIDNT GET ON IT ALL THE TIME, DID THE BASICS LIKE LOOK UP A FEW THINGS, DIDNT EVEN HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS NOR KNOW WHERE TO GET ONE.  SOME FRIENDS TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY MUDD GAMES, THEN OF COURSE THERE WAS THE UP AND COMING GAMES THAT ARE COLORED AND ACTUALLY HAVE VISUAL EFFECTS AND WHATNOT, CARDS, TRIVIA, ETC.  I ALWAYS ENJOYED DOING THAT. 


    THEN ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO, I DECIDED TO START DOING MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION.  I GOT MY OWN COMPUTER, DESK, AND GOT STARTED ON MY REAL ADVENTURES OF THE INTERNET.  EVENTUALLY I LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT EMAILS, DIFFERENT MESSENGERS, PROGRAMS, AND WEBSITES.  I FOUND THAT I LIKED TO CONVERSE ONLINE BETTER THAN ON THE PHONE. 


    I LEARNED TO BECOME GREEDY WITH MY COMPUTER, AS MY EXHUSBAND WOULD GET ON THERE AND OF COURSE HE WOULD LEAVE BEHIND A HISTORY TRAIL, WHICH CAUSED ME TO LOCK DOWN MY COMPUTER AND KEEP HIM OFF OF IT.  I REALLY LEARNED TO BE A SNEAKLY INVESTIGATOR ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE OF HIS WRONG DOINGS ON THERE.  I ALSO LEARNED THAT THE MORE PEOPLE ON ANY ONE COMPUTER, THE MORE PROBLEMS YOU WILL HAVE WITH THAT COMPUTER. 


    I FOUND SO MUCH ON THE INTERNET THAT IT SOMETIMES FELT OVERWELMING, NOT KNOWN WHAT I WANTED TO LOOK AT FIRST OR WHAT WAS MORE INTERESTING.  STILL TO THIS DAY, I AM LIKE THAT AS IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERYDAY!!  I HAVE SO MANY BOOKMARKS OF PAGES THAT I REALLY WANT TO CHECK OUT, BUT YET NEVER FIND THE TIME.  I HAVE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH FIND ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ON THE INTERNET.  WELL, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH MY HISTORY OF THE INTERNET. 

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