mrBen has a nice piece on the past, present and future of his internet experience.
My experience is very similiar, although it started in 1996 via a shared, s-l-o-w dial-up connection. I soon graduated to my own connection, eventually settling on ISDN for a good few years during which my life became very ‘net (and computer) centric. I basically lived and worked on the ‘net, and if I couldn’t find it there I was very disappointed.
Now with my leap into the 21st century with broadband (did I mention I have broadband now? w00t!), things I enjoyed before (email, IRC, IM and of course browsing) I’m placing into the ‘as-essential-as-breathing’ category, and things I avoided before (music, video, large downloads) I take for granted. I’m even looking at things like VoIP which was never an option before. Sure I could use Skype but I couldn’t do anything else at the same time. Now I’m doing multiple things simultaneously, and still have bandwidth to spare.
My current handheld is a disconnected Palm Vx. Whatever I choose to replace this will have to be connected so it can become a proper extension of my ‘netcentric’ lifestyle.
See you online…
