Tech not-a-meme

Lots of people have filled in the meme about when they got online, when they had access to particular technology, etc. I think the meme isn't very well constructed, but the subject is interesting and I'm enjoying reading everybody else's posts. So I'll just babble about the topic, rather than answering the questions directly.

( getting connected )

But yes, in a lot of ways I grew up on the internet, and I have never got over just how great it is to be able to talk to anyone, anywhere in the world, using a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous methods.