Ask Me a Question

[puppetmaker]

I haven't done this in a while and I know I picked some new readers.

So Ask Me A Question.

I will state that there are subjects I prefer not to talk about and there are other subjects I can't including those I have signed an NDA on or Peter has signed one on. So please understand if I say that I can't answer that.

I am grateful for questions.

Comments

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

How long have you been active online?

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Oh that is a big ol' it depends.

If you count back to college mainframes talking to each other, then 1981. If you are talking Internet then 1991.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Ooo, proto-Net! The internet wasn't really a part of my life until college, meaning I got into it 'round 1992, but I was vaguely aware of it beforehand (mainly thanks to Arthur C. Clarke writing about and using it in the 80s).

Revised questions, then: How were you using the college mainframes in 1981? And what was the first online community you got heavily involved in (whether in the 80s or 90s)?