How Amazing IS The Internet?????

I remember the first time I went on line---it was 1996 and I was so impressed with all the amazing things I could find and now about 17 years later---all the things that I can do and accomplish are things I never would have dreamed of as a kid----even sharing my thoughts and ideas daily via this blog on line.

The internet has been up and running in most of our lives for two decades now, and it’s pretty darn sophisticated … especially when compared to how it started.

Let’s take a trip down memory lane and look back on a few internet firsts:

1993 – The first AOL IM was sent from a husband to his wife that read, "Don't be scared ... it is me. Love you and miss you." (This man later became the VP of AOL)

1994 – The first thing ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer that went for $14.83.

2003 – The first Skype conversation took place in Estonia where a member of the development team said “Hello, can you hear me?

2006 – The first tweet ever “tweeted” was by the co-founder of twitter and the message read, “just setting up my twttr.” (Yahoo)