When did you first log onto the Internet and what excited you about the experience?

Well that's a good question! I don't remember exactly which came first either in the computer lab in high school or on my mom's AOL account, both happened around 1993. What I do remember is being really excited by the possibilities of communicating and participating in a global network. I was, and still am, very interested in "chat" technologies (IRC, IM, etc) almost more so than email or the web itself.

At what point did you realize that you wanted to make a career out of web work and how did you get started?  read more »