The Interwebs turned 20; and we reminisce!

Wow has it been 20 years already?!? Anyway, I can still remember the first time I have surfed the interwebs, a friend of mine accompanied me to this computer shop near our school.

This shop as i can remember used to connect their modem to a single computer just to be able to serve internet to his customers, this was in 1997. In 1998 I was able to have own internet via subscription to pacific net.

I also frequent Angelfire, Geocities and the likes to beautify my personal site, that is when I was introduced to html, gifs was also the in thing before or just anything that animate is cool then until flash came…and the rest as they say is history..

Now I’m currently working as a lead flash developer for us-based arts company…

Well for me, late bloomer ako eh. I just had to create an email address to send out my resume to prospective employees way back in 2001.

Then that email address was as well used to subscribe to some porn stuff. Amazing then just how easy it was to access porn if you want! hahahaha

First use the internet during the latter part of 2000. Main purpose for doing that was to get cheats and walkthroughs from http://gamefaqs.com for my PS games. Discovered hotmail, yahoo, and edsamail after that. Created my own personal website at homestead.com during the early part of 2001. and eventually learned HTML.

By 2006, I was experimenting with WordPress. Although I have created a few websites for some friends and their companies, and for my own religious affiliation, I wasn’t able to maintain my own blog and has stop doing so since 2008.

Daily accessing the Internet these days for communication with a lot of contacts, continuously maintaining the websites I’ve mentioned above, playing Ikariam, doing virtual meetings, visiting tech sites like yugatech, and buying things you don’t usually get here in our country.

BTW, although I am receiving snail mails every once in a while, the last time I send one was on 2001. Can’t believe that was 10 years ago… ;-)

somebody posted about first to use internet banking via unionbank here? Im one of.the developers. Are you guys aware that chikka was made by one of IT bosses in unionbank?

i first surfed the internet back in’98 when i was still in grade school! i was searching for cheats/guides for my gaming needs (PS1 FTW!)

mine dates back in 2003 when i was in elementary
and my first use of the internet is to site some cool pictures, research to things i don’t know and stuffs.
I remember always playing on “miniclip” and then played “runescape”.
I also download my MP3’s using peer-to-peer programs like “limewire”.
I also experienced getting tons of virus because of the internet and learned how to avoid and fix my computer. :bd

the internet pretty much affect my whole life. :>

I first used the internet back in ’97, my second year in College. My biggest contribution back then was making Digitel 11,000 pesos richer for our first month subscription, LOL. Damn you “Diablo (Blizzard)”! I also made my first e-mail then. I think it was lef_k****@****.***. Then after I graduated in 2001 settled in with my registered e-mail here for professional reasons.

ako din… i cud remember well back in 2001 how i applied for an EON card thru online!

back to topic, alala ko before sa bacolod, 1998 14.4something (kbps pa yun? i forgot) tapos anjan ang 28.8 modem at nauso yung realAudio/realVideo.. wala pang RealPlayer nun. ang mahal pa ng internet sa mga cafes, 40.00 an hour.. mga mayayaman lng ang makakapag-internet that time. sa school namin we have 20hrs free use of internet sa library! Mozcom and Weblinq pa ang ISP sa bacolod that time!.

i had my first personal homepage at geocities. Before texting became a trend… MIRC was the king of chat then later ICQ, YM, others followed. Usong-uso pa samen sa mga students ang mga porn sites, pagkatapos ng check email, sa porn site nagbababad hehehe…

biggest contribution ng net saken that time yung email… i got to email my friends and relatives abroad without the 30days wait like that of snailmail heheh…

amazed tlga ako sa technology that time… tapos ngayun, ang gulo na ng buhay coz its like we’re more attached to these things now, nawala na yung “personal” relationship sa mga loved-ones natin! #justsharing

Those were the days…I can still remember I used to access the Internet thru Fidonet BBS then by 1993 the Philippines got connected to the Internet and from gopher access I got excited using mosaic browser. Back then Internet access is very limited in our university (Ateneo de Cagayan de Oro)I used to slipped inside the computer lab just to get a few extra time on the Internet. After graduating college in 1995 I opened one of the first Internet Cafe in the Philippines here in CDO to get the public experience the Internet using a very expensive leased line from Cebu back then…