Why did you first get online? In 1982, I was in the Navy and stationed in London England right out of a 3 week computer school. It was there, that I found that we could actually type back and forth to Pensicola, FL to get our advancement test scores before anywhere else in the fleet. We would be the ones …
Danielle Cyr
Why did you first get online? I had moved to LA and my sister told me about an LA BBS. I thought it would be a good way to meet people in my new city. For the most part, though, it was just creepy guys trying to pick up girls. đ It was a “prehistoric” Facebook. When did you first …
Lydia Kidwell Sugarman
Why did you first get online? Mine wasn’t the earliest experience. I saw and sent my first emails in 1992 w/o really understanding how it worked. But, I was so intrigued, blown away really by this new disruptive technology. At the time, I was selling syndicated television programming for a new company called Summit Media that has gone on to …
Cecilia Pagkalinawan
Why did you first get online? In 1993 bought a Mac PowerBook and it came with a “fax modem” and an AOL start-up disk. That was when I first went on the internet and got an e-mail account. When did you first get involved with digital and why? I was working as a media specialist at Young & Rubicam. I …
Dara Tyson
Why Did You First Get Online? Coming out of the book publishing/retailing world, I was attuned to what was happening in the industry from the mid 80s because of professional necessity. At home, we had a TRS 80 back in 1987 and graduated to an IBM XT in 1989. This was all pre-Windows and MS-DOS wasnât intuitive to use nor …
Preserving the History of Women Who Inspired the Usage and Purpose of the Internet
Women’s Internet History Project is dedicated to preserving the stories and contributions from women who were the pioneers of the early internet days 1980-1999. This project provides the biographies, contributions, experiences and connections shared by women who were involved with internet and digital. Mission: The premise of this project is to provide a platform to tell our stories, connect with …
Marina Zurkow
Why did you first get online? In 1992 I bought my first modem and joined echo. It was a social move, a move made out of curiosity and a growing penchant to hide out in the world of text (I never loved the phone and I still prefer email). I was more of a lurker than participant, but I found …
Laura Rich
JWhy did you first get online? Originally? We had an Apple IIe at home in the early 1980s. Otherwise, 1993, AOL and Panix. When did you first get involved with digital and why? I took over a column at Inside Media, where I was a reporter, covering the digital doings of advertisers, from CD-ROMs to the new websites they were …
Suzanne Romanick Lainson
When did you first get involved with digital? First online in 1993. Why did you first get online? I was getting my masters degree in Integrated Marketing Communications at the University of Colorado/Boulder. One of the electives was a class being taught at the Apple Media Research Lab, which was in Boulder. We were required to get modems and get …