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Mom & Dad, Inc, a New Startup - begin work on my wetware...
a live release followed in early 1958... -
I build my first calculator
Yes I was a geek. t only took 3 chips and a led readout from Radio Shack, and about a mile of wire. I realized that things were a-changing. -
I get to play with the OCLC Online Catalog
My college library pluged into the future in 1980 with the online OCLC catalog for cataloging books. We had a leased direct line to some mainframe back east, and a dumb terminal that, in retrospect, looked awefully like the original IBM PC. Being a true geek, I got to learn the system first and teach the librarians. Fun! -
My first computer - Timex Sinclair!
2 K of ram, I didn't even have a cassette recorder at first, can't count how many times I rekeyed the basic script for "lunar lander!) -
Upgraded Timex-Sinclair to 8K - wow!
even got a printer! -
Watched "text reports on Chernobyl over Compuserve
I even had an email by this time! -
TCP/IP book flys off the shelf
A book on TCP/IP begins flying off the shelf at the book store I worked at. A $50 dollar book - selling by the case. Most unusual. I was still in the dos age - I had a bbs with technical books for sale - but you had to dial in by modem. Boy, things were going to change! -
Josh signs contract with Ziff Davis Press
I pitched the book How the Internet Works to Ziff Davis. They liked it. -
my dad gets high speed internet...
You know it has to be everywhere now! -
I start using Google Video...
on a regular basis. Then YouTube, and blip, and flash, and... -
Josh decides to see what timetoast is all about
Since me and Al Gore invented the Internet, figured I'd use my computer experiences to try it out!