Social Media History

Internet

Nov 1, 1996

-- First time on the internet after getting a 56k dial up connection, I miss the random weird sounds it made while connecting

Email Address

Feb 1, 1997

-- Around this time I signed up for my first email address on Hotmail, I still frequently check this email to this date

Instant Messaging Service

Mar 1, 1997

-- Around this time I got introduced to ICQ, which was one of the first messenger services around, UH-OH!

IRC: Internet Relayed Chat

Jun 1, 1997

-- Started using mIRC, an internet relayed chat program still widely used to this date

MSN Messenger

Jul 28, 1999

-- Downloaded and started MSN Messenger which I still use to this day to keep in touch with friends and family and check emails

File-sharing

Aug 13, 1999

-- Downloaded a program called Napster and started downloading and sharing music with other users

Bit Torrent

Jul 1, 2003

-- After Napster went down and having gone through many other P2P file-sharing programs such as Kazaa and Limewire, started using open source torrent services to download media files

Social Networking

Feb 1, 2004

-- During this time, created my first social networking profile on MySpace

YouTube

Feb 20, 2005

-- First discovered YouTube and have been using it ever since to catch up on all types of media

uTorrent

Mar 22, 2006

-- Started using the closed source bit torrent client uTorrent to share videos, music and any type of files online

Facebook

Aug 17, 2006

-- Created a Facebook account and liked it's simplicity and layout so I stopped using MySpace and other social networking sites

Microblogging

Oct 22, 2011

-- Around this time I created a Twitter account but never really got into it all that much

Online Blogging

Jan 9, 2012

-- Created an online blog for Social Media class @Durham College