Resurgence : bringing again into activity and prominence
So here I am sitting at my desk, listening to my favourite type of musiic while I type. It’s been awhile since I took some time to breathe.
Let’s talk about some things that have been on my mind as of late:
Technology – I love it…tech helps move our society and modern civilization forward. Regardless of the size of the technological advancement, an advancement is an advancement nonetheless. Technology helps to connect us to things that would otherwise be out of our grasp.
I am a pioneer, a trendsetter in tech. I remember the day back in 1995 when I first connected to a little company called ‘CompuServe’. CompuServe opened the world to me, I ventured to a little unknown site called ‘Yahoo!’. My initial impressions of the internet was that it was like an encyclopedia only easier to use and much prettier. Now, just so that you don’t think that I was first introduced to the net in ’95. I was an avid ‘Bulletin Board’ user reaching as far back as 1991-1992.
‘Bulletin Boards’ were one of the first ‘internet like’ communities albeit on a much smaller scale. I connected to The Hamilton Spectator’s Bulletin Board called ‘CompuSpec’ via Terry Berry Library’s public computer which was tucked away in a corner on the second floor. Having been an extrememly shy and introverted individual during my youth, the boards let me meet people I would have never imagined meeting in the ‘real world’. I blossomed on the internet, in fact the internet helped shape, and continues to shape the person that I am today.
The internet removes boundaries and borders, obstacles to doing business. Some people question whether the future is in the ‘pipe’ or the ‘content, apps, and information’ that flow through the pipe. I say it’s both. You cannot have one without the other.
I don’t know how many of you have heard of a little company called ‘Mirabillis’, and a little program called ‘ICQ’. Their invention would forever change the face of the world (literally).
Here’s some information about ICQ
The ICQ Story
ICQ was established in July 1996 by four young avid-computer users who wanted to introduce a new way of communication over the Internet.
Before ICQ, people were connected to the internet, but not interconnected. ICQ was the missing link, a technology that made peer-to-peer communication possible. The following year ICQ took the internet by storm. Through viral marketing a chain reaction was created, resulting in one of the largest download rates for a start-up company in the history of the Internet.
ICQ has always been technologically innovative. Not only was ICQ one of the first Internet wide instant messaging services, many features that make up the core of today’s IM services were first introduced by ICQ and appeared on its desktop client.
Today, Video, VoIP, and SMS features are seamlessly integrated within the client. Skins, emoticons, avatars and other personalization tools make ICQ the natural choice for millions of young users around the world.
ICQ is a personal communication tool that allows users to meet and interact, to catch up with old friends, to meet new friends and to hear the latest stories from the world wide community. ICQ is the one-stop-source for all types of communication, the tribe campfire of the virtual community where users meet to share feelings, experiences and content.