Posted by Paul Babicki
Netiquette IQ
It is always interesting to most to learn some trivia history on email and Internet communications. Some of my previous blogs have quizzes and surprising facts. Here are a few of the most important firsts.
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The First Ever Email, the First Tweet, and 10 Other Famous Internet Firsts
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By Alyson Shontell April 23, 2013 5:59 PM
The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971
The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.
The first website was dedicated to information about the World Wide Web and went live on August 6, 1991. Here's the url:
The first picture ever uploaded on the web was posted by Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web) on behalf of a comedy band called Les Horrible Cernettes.
The first AOL Instant Message was sent by Ted Leonsis to his wife on Jan. 6, 1993. It read, "Don't be scared ... it is me. Love you and miss you." His wife replied, "Wow ... this is so cool!" Leonsis later became AOL's Vice Chairman.
Joe McCambley ran the first banner ad ever online. It went live in October 1994 on HotWired.com and it promoted 7 art museums, sponsored by AT&T.
The first item sold on eBay (back then it was AuctionWeb) was a broken laser pointer for $14.83 in 1995. The man who bought it told founder Pierre Omidyar he collected broken laser pointers.
The first book purchased on Amazon was Douglas Hofstadter's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought in 1995.
The first sentence uttered on Skype was in Estonian in April 2003 by a member of the development team. It was 'Tere, kas sa kuuled mind?' or "Hello, can you hear me?" in English.
Mark Zuckerberg was the first person on Facebook with ID number 4 (the first three Facebook accounts were used for testing).
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About Netiquette IQ
My book, "NetiquetteIQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email" has gone on sale at the CreateSpace estore:http://createspace.com/4083121
As a NetiquetteIQ blog reader, you can use the discount code KBQALZA7. This discount is only through the estore. Thank you for your support on the blog and with the book. The book and Kindle version are now available on Amazon. Please visit my author profile at
amazon.com/author/paulbabicki
More good news!
The Kindle version of my book is now available! Go to the following site to purchase it:
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