Hmmm, where DID the time go?
Just the other day I started thinking about technology and how far it has gone in just - drum roll please - 20 YEARS? Yes that is correct - only 20 years ago everyday folks started buying computers for their home. Now obviously there were some geeky ones out there that might have had one earlier - but really the populous just started about 20 years ago.
If you think about it - we have come a long way! In fact cell phones have not been around too long either - but my children do not remember a time when they did not have these luxuries.
Here are some interesting facts! Be careful - this has a danger of making you feel old!
Historical Tech Facts:
- The URL: http://akebono.stanford.edu/ used to be the original home of Yahoo!
- Domain registration was free until the National Science Foundation decided to change this on September 14th, 1995.
- In 1993, Boeing was the first to discover the Y2K problem.
- Lee Stein invented the first online electronic bank in 1994 entitled, “First Virtual Holdings”.
- The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) was CompuServe which is now under control of AOL Time Warner.
More information abounds at the Computer History Museum - Online of course!
I find this all very interesting and some may not - but it’s definately hard to remember the day when we had a small black and white TV, one phone (connected to a party line) - I bet some of you don’t even know what that is! We did not have a computer, cell phone, the internet and if I wanted to look something up - I had to go to the library (still very limited in a small town!) and find out where to go from there. Most of the time you gave up the search before finding the information.
I feel very fortunate to be in the world today - we are so informed and enlightened. We have a world of information at our fingertips and use it daily - (Just like I did for this Blog!)