My Internet/technology Timeline

By dadcourtney

  • Packet switching theory. Klienrock

    Provides means to support, or inspire, Galactic Network concept.

  • Galactic Network concept. Licklider&Clark

    First conceptualization of what would become the internet.
  • Birth

    Birth

    It's my time line.

  • First email sent. Tomlinson

    Becomes basis for most business and organization communications

  • Domain Name System introduced.

    Aligns naming procedures.
  • First computer

    First computer

    Merry Christmas. Complete with separate floppy and tape drives.

  • Attended Bethany Majoring in computer science

    I can program in PASCAL and FORTRAN. Real useful.
    https://www.bethanywv.edu/
  • Period: to

    Owned no computer

    I totally lost interest, had a computer at work but had no desire for one at home, then came The Elder Scrolls(ARENA).
  • Development of WWW. Berners-Lee

    Development of WWW. Berners-Lee

    If not for this how would we ever spend our "free time".
  • First cell phone

    First cell phone

    Thought these were really cool, had to have one.

  • Received first my first email onboard a submarine.

    Via HDR antenna, while at periscope depth. Prior to this all coms from shore were sent to radio room as ships traffic, then printed out and distributed to recipients.

  • First tweet from space.

    Closer to a Galactic Network.
  • First Smartphone iphone 3

    First Smartphone iphone 3

    After a series of candy bar and flip models it was time to move up.
  • First laptop

    First laptop

    Really needed one when I went back to school