{"id":2523,"date":"2011-06-09T11:49:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T15:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2011-06-09T11:49:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T15:49:47","slug":"explaining-the-sign-to-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/06\/09\/explaining-the-sign-to-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Explaining the @ Sign to Everyone&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only 10 years ago, telling someone your email address was a very painful process. I shared my email address quite a bit as I didn&#8217;t have a cell phone until turning 18. I very much remember the painful process of of sharing my email address with those my age and older.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Just email me.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Okay. I&#8217;m on AOL. Are you on AOL?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No. I&#8217;m on Hotmail.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I can message you on Hotmail unless you have an AOL screenname.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It&#8217;ll work, you&#8217;ll just have to put an at sign in there.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Alright. Let me grab a pen and paper. Ready.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It&#8217;s PCPimp1702@hotmail.com&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Alright. PCPIMP17O2athotmail.com&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No, don&#8217;t use all caps and the O is actually a zero and the at is an at sign.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A what?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;An at sign. It&#8217;s on your keyboard. It&#8217;s an &#8220;a&#8221; with a circle around it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Alright. I&#8217;ll try to find it. Why don&#8217;t you just have AOL? I have some CDs laying around that you can get the 1st month free.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hotmail is free as well. Let me just write it down for you.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Okay. I have to pay for my Internet by the minute and I&#8217;m a slow typer so can I just call you at home?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Fine.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, that was my old email address back in the day. Don&#8217;t ask.<\/p>\n<p>It really was that bad. I remember so vividly that no one knew what an @ sign was. On AOL, you didn&#8217;t need the @ + Domain Name because you&#8217;d just type in their AOL screen name. Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=AOL%20Keyword\">AOL Keywords<\/a>? Iti makes me\u00a0realize\u00a0just how far we&#8217;ve come.<\/p>\n<p>Also, am I the only person that realizes that the Internet and cloud computing \u00a0is sort of old school? Remember &#8220;terminals&#8221;. That&#8217;s what our computers are becoming. Boot up terminal to a web browser, go to server you want to interact with, then sign off. 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