I think the internet is the best thing that ever happened to us other than cell phones. I can remember the very first time I hook up to it in 1997 and heard "You've Got Mail". I thought I died and went to heaven! My daughter was sitting next to me and she was very young. Even she could appreciate the wonder of it all and we both sat there will our mouths just hanging open until we got use to the idea.
Then we couldn't wait to begin. We just went around clicking pictures until we got the hang of it. I do remember that there were not so many sources to confuse you when you did a search as there are today. Now everyone is striving for page ranking and paying for sponsored sites. It is almost aggravating to weed through them all to find what you want. I think we have all gotten better at using keywords to do a search knowing that people will use them to get you to a site that you have no interest in.
Hi Colleen,
ReplyDeleteI remember when AOL first came out myself. I used it all the time. It was such an exciting, new thing for me to be able to e-mail my friends and family and chat! I remember when I had to use dial-up internet access at first and you could not use your home phone while you were online! Funny how things are even more simple than they were years ago!
I also remember when we first started using the internet. It was so amazing and mind boggling that so much information could be out there. Now it is so commonplace and if anyone has a question or needs to know something, the response is always, "just google it!".
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