The old internet

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Their was a time before Google and Facebook. I have a faint recollection of it, irc, msn messenger and rotten.com were some of the highlights if memory serves me right.
It was the dominan of nerds and weirdos.

You forgot Usenet. Alt.barney.die.die.die and alt.tasteless!

Actually a really good trip down memory lane of how the internet used to be is a book by JC Herz. A woman who used to write for playboy if I recall correctly.

The book I think is just called Surfing the Internet. But I think when I read it it had a different name and was just changed in later publications. I am sure when I read it it had "information superhighway" in the title.

Anyway it is about her internet addiction which she eventually overcame. Back in the days of early IRC - usenet - and even bulletin boards.

Anyone who wants to know what the net was really like in the early days - I think that's the book to get.