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Internet
-- First time on the internet after getting a 56k dial up connection, I miss the random weird sounds it made while connecting -
Email Address
-- 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
-- Around this time I got introduced to ICQ, which was one of the first messenger services around, UH-OH! -
IRC: Internet Relayed Chat
-- Started using mIRC, an internet relayed chat program still widely used to this date -
MSN Messenger
-- 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
-- Downloaded a program called Napster and started downloading and sharing music with other users -
Bit Torrent
-- 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
-- During this time, created my first social networking profile on MySpace -
YouTube
-- First discovered YouTube and have been using it ever since to catch up on all types of media -
uTorrent
-- Started using the closed source bit torrent client uTorrent to share videos, music and any type of files online -
Facebook
-- Created a Facebook account and liked it's simplicity and layout so I stopped using MySpace and other social networking sites -
Microblogging
-- Around this time I created a Twitter account but never really got into it all that much -
Online Blogging
-- Created an online blog for Social Media class @Durham College