Innocence lost: what did you do before the internet?
It says:
How did [my father] sit there all day, I wonder, without the internet to keep him company?
In this age of uncertainty, predictions have lost value, but here’s an irrefutable one: quite soon, no person on earth will remember what the world was like before the internet.
I used to read novels, listen to music, watch TV, go out drinking. But yes, the Internet has been a Godsend.
I hope it won't be that soon before no-one remembers!
I think I first ever used a computer in possibly 1994. I went on a course for beginners to learn about "windows" and how to send emails etc. I had never heard of windows at that time. Anyway, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. This was in stark contrast to everyone else. I'm not even sure I successfully sent an email. Spent a long time trying! I never went back after that one lesson.
Got my first ever computer in December 1998, first went on the Internet in 1999. I was blown away! Unfortunately, I was charged per minute so my time online was strictly curtailed. It was a dial up connection of course using up the telephone line. Although see this blog post by me too.
I think I first ever used a computer in possibly 1994. I went on a course for beginners to learn about "windows" and how to send emails etc. I had never heard of windows at that time. Anyway, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. This was in stark contrast to everyone else. I'm not even sure I successfully sent an email. Spent a long time trying! I never went back after that one lesson.
Got my first ever computer in December 1998, first went on the Internet in 1999. I was blown away! Unfortunately, I was charged per minute so my time online was strictly curtailed. It was a dial up connection of course using up the telephone line. Although see this blog post by me too.
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