So I work on a social media team and I love it. The other day, one of my co-workers said to me, “How long have you been on Facebook? Your ID is really low, you must be a real O.G.”
Suffice it to say, that was the first time anyone referred to me as an O.G. It feel kinda cool. Aside from the short-lived feeling of hipness, it got me thinking about just how long I’ve been hanging around the whole internet thing. It kind of made me feel a little bit like Grandpa Simpson on my way to Morganville with an onion in my belt, as was the style at the time.
Admittedly, I was not one of the original BBS users, nor was a heavy user of Gopher or Archie servers. I did hand-code my first web page for Mosaic 1.0 on a Digital Unix workstation between marathon Fortran sessions. That’s right, Fortran. You think Twitter’s 140 characters is restrictive? You only get 72 per line in Fortran, so choose your variable names wisely.
An outdated business joke has become an economic reality:
I get SO TIRED of marketing agencies telling their customers to create an online community EACH TIME they launch a new marketing campaign.
As millions of Douglas Adams fans carried a towel to celebrate ‘Towel Day’ and the work of their favorite author, it’s worth noting that the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy website (
I’m a Mac lover, but when I needed an inexpensive netbook computer for web surfing, IM, email and coffee shop meandering, the