Being an elder of the internet is actually kinda fascinating in some ways.
I watched so many of the bigger sites start out and find their footing.
I knew eBay when it was a tiny marketplace. And Amazon when it only sold books.
I knew sites like teeturtle before it was just another art factory.
I knew woot! when it actually had real discounts and wasn't just another Amazon affiliate.
The Space Jam website wasn't some kind of Internet artifact. It was cutting edge!
And I remember using a 33.6k modem (that's right - not even 56k yet!) to try and load a website. I'd walk away for dinner and when I came back, there was a 50/50 chance the site had failed to load. And you didn't just try again because now mom has to use the phone - maybe tomorrow?
I watched AOL rise and fall. Myspace rise and fall and do a dead cat bounce. And Facebook was only for college kids.
Oh, and there were more than just 3 websites and Google didn't exist.
The internet really doesn't look like it once did.
I remember when the tech magazines were writing articles about this proposed new site that had a goal of being the index to the internet. Anything you wanted could be found, just by searching. A ridiculous notion, the internet was too big, and it had a silly name. Google, really?
