Oh how far we have come
In 1996 I took one of the best classes in my life at CU Boulder called Humanities and the Electronic Media. I was taught by a pair of Grad Students for the first time and it was a total build it as we go class. They had a ton or articles and various books to read but the class was wide open since we were talking primarily about the Internet. One writer I remember talking about was Clifford Stoll. He was an interesting figure because he had first hand knowledge of the Internet and how it worked, but he dismissed it as a viable platform for business.
I immediately saw his arguments as short sided and knew that their was so much more potential, unfortunately it took me another 8 years till I took them seriously and started supporting myself on them.
Perhaps it was an issue of seeing all the Windows users getting online and the sadness that the prospect of all those Frontpage designed websites would bring. =)
