tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post6014767999820000293..comments2024-03-27T20:45:10.861-07:00Comments on travel spot: Message ReceivedKyria @ Travel Spothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05889638304509763419noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-51413291698723655032011-09-15T16:17:03.304-07:002011-09-15T16:17:03.304-07:00Whoa - I'm going to age myself here pretty fas...Whoa - I'm going to age myself here pretty fast if I write too much about life before the internet. But ... I've had an email address since 1978 ! I worked for a large geographically-dispersed communications company where some very smart people created an internal email system that ran on mainframes (you can google that term ;-) So email wasn't a big deal. But email in the workplace quickly becomes a curse when you receive literally hundreds per day - the company even created 'email etiquette' courses !<br /><br />As for the internet - love it - it's like having a huge library at your fingertips, plus banking, shopping ... How did we ever live without it ??<br /><br />Nice post, Kyria; I was off looking at your more recent posts too, but my internet connection is too slow to load each one to comment on. :(Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483295526635664974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-76535888515265630502011-09-15T10:05:56.563-07:002011-09-15T10:05:56.563-07:00When I first started my email account, I went to a...When I first started my email account, I went to a friends or the library to check for emails. I had a few friends who used the internet, but not many at first. Now, who doesn't? <br />You wrote beautifully about the whole original experience. <br />Thank you.A Covenant Brokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893912119757047987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-5413932119364472692011-09-13T21:53:18.275-07:002011-09-13T21:53:18.275-07:00I had a similar introduction to the world wide web...I had a similar introduction to the world wide web. Freshman year of college I got this email address with all these weird letters and symbols in it. Http? What was that??<br /><br />I honestly think we'd know less growing up with the internet. Why bother learning things if you can just look them up?Karen M. Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972093977468313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-17780655287751979332011-09-13T12:22:18.375-07:002011-09-13T12:22:18.375-07:00I feel like I've "discovered" comput...I feel like I've "discovered" computers later than some as well. I too, was addicted to computer solitaire. I used email only when necessary, but preferred the phone or a letter. <br /><br />But yet. I'm also intrigued by the idea that the safety of a keyboard makes us more open, not less. I know I've shared things online that have made true connections to the people I interact with on a daily basis. I know that my online bravery has become real-life bravery. <br /><br />So, yes, I have high hopes for the future. As long as they remember to transfer internet confidence to day-to-day connections.Nancy Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313721217543578257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-61237245629282975562011-09-13T11:26:27.633-07:002011-09-13T11:26:27.633-07:00What an interesting writing prompt. I honestly hav...What an interesting writing prompt. I honestly have a hard time remembering life before the internet. I remember using a computer to play Oregon Trail in elementary school, and I know we got internet access relatively early in the game (both of my parents are computer nerds).Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682247361413446387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-41811888474733368162011-09-13T10:48:31.137-07:002011-09-13T10:48:31.137-07:00There was no such thing as email or internet when ...There was no such thing as email or internet when I was in college. I do remember going to the library a couple of times my senior year and typing my papers on a computer there and printing them out (in dot matrix no less) and thinking it was the best thing on earth. Once I graduated I had no more need for my typewriter, and then several years later I got my own computer. The typewriter still sits in storage, a relic I can't quite rid myself of. As for email, once I discovered it I became addicted-- an addiction that has lasted 13 years. <br /><br />Nice post on the prompt. Brings back so many memories. Thanks for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-44471137243821028132011-09-13T06:40:47.361-07:002011-09-13T06:40:47.361-07:00For sure kids now are changed in social behavior b...For sure kids now are changed in social behavior because of the internet. Maybe a good thing, maybe a bad thing. Who knows. But it has to be weird to have facebook when you are 10, right?!TexaGermaFinlaNadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14203116752208683591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-43429425548682615662011-09-13T05:27:31.040-07:002011-09-13T05:27:31.040-07:00I am exactly the same way! I have so much trouble ...I am exactly the same way! I have so much trouble talking to people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431751293876429570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-20371626656382280962011-09-13T04:36:53.791-07:002011-09-13T04:36:53.791-07:00I do remember life before the internet. I think I...I do remember life before the internet. I think I started using the internet in high school, but I didn't use it all that much. Instead I used email SO MUCH. I had a boyfriend that lived an hour away so we did alot of communicating over email! Oh if only I could read those emails again, I am sure I was such a dork back in my younger days. <br /><br />I am definitely an email/texter. I do not care for talking on the phone. Even when I am in the car, I don't like talking on the phone. I have to sort of 'pep myself up' to make a phone call if that makes sense. I do REALLY like skyping or video chatting on google, though. I do it about every other week with Canadian Amber and it's a great way for us to stay in touch!Lisa from Lisa's Yarnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335500882510597919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-37584227651898441922011-09-13T04:24:47.310-07:002011-09-13T04:24:47.310-07:00I love the thoughtful questions that you pose. I&#...I love the thoughtful questions that you pose. I'm also so not a phone person and find it so much easier to communicate in writing.<br /><br />I love that you write thank you letters and last, but not least, I went to school at UCD! What a lovely, small world that we'd never realize without *gulp* technology!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381279330033574052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-89191417665628528592011-09-13T04:06:04.808-07:002011-09-13T04:06:04.808-07:00I think that now that the internet is here, we com...I think that now that the internet is here, we communicate less than ever, unfortunately! <br /><br />Great job with this prompt--you really captured the flavor of what it was like 'back in the day', when we were still new to technology and were hesitant to jump into it.TMWHickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099277984216556857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-78995415549609718172011-09-13T03:49:24.101-07:002011-09-13T03:49:24.101-07:00Sounds like we're about the same age. :) I mig...Sounds like we're about the same age. :) I might have been a bit behind you, because quite a few people did have email...but it still was a time waster, not a means of real communication.<br /><br />In terms of more outgoing vs. less, I wonder more about the explosion of other "communication" "opportunities"--namely smart phones, texting, Twitter. Genuine communication seems to have suffered in the clutter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-38499937218129337652011-09-13T03:24:59.775-07:002011-09-13T03:24:59.775-07:00Great post. Love it! I too have clicked over from ...Great post. Love it! I too have clicked over from RemembeRED... Before the internet as we now know it, I too had no idea what I would need an email address for!<br /><br />In my 20s we had this weird email thing through our phone company. It cost 30 cents to send an email and 30 cents to receive one. I would ration myself to sending one email in the morning and checking email in the afternoon. It makes me laugh now - if I don't respond to an email quick enough these days I get text messages asking why I haven't responded. The world sure has changed!<br /><br />Great post. I have had a bit of a poke around your blog and I really like it. I will certainly pop by again.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147301486864145167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-20241718882286695762011-09-12T22:10:19.630-07:002011-09-12T22:10:19.630-07:00Would I be more outgoing or less?
You have me to...Would I be more outgoing or less? <br /><br />You have me totally intrigued with this question? I think I am introverted enough that I would have used the distance of the internet to keep people at arm's length. But maybe I could be brave like you and use it to break the ice--ask for those lunch dates--and put myself out there more. Very interesting take on the prompt!Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485338098212307793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25226414.post-2466866347859268582011-09-12T21:28:54.656-07:002011-09-12T21:28:54.656-07:00Oh, I like this very much and it is similar to min...Oh, I like this very much and it is similar to mine. I appreciate how you made it about communication. <br /><br />I did the laundry list too... oopsy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com