Your opening about first email address set me off on a real trip down memory lane - so far down it that really struggled to remember!
I know that sometime in the early 70's I had a log-in to something called "Compuserve" where I think my "identity" was simply a number. In the early 80's I recall using a system called Compilink Information Exchange [CIX], which was an electronic Bulletin Board - bonus points to any of your readers old enough to remember those! [See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system].
I think both of those offered a rudimentary form of email communication, so my earliest email address of the format we now recognise was therefore "dill@cix" - somewhat shorter than ours.
I think someone asked Brian McLaren once (as quoted in one of his books) 'Do you want to be more holy than you appear or to appear more holy than you are?'. It's a powerful question.
Your opening about first email address set me off on a real trip down memory lane - so far down it that really struggled to remember!
I know that sometime in the early 70's I had a log-in to something called "Compuserve" where I think my "identity" was simply a number. In the early 80's I recall using a system called Compilink Information Exchange [CIX], which was an electronic Bulletin Board - bonus points to any of your readers old enough to remember those! [See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system].
I think both of those offered a rudimentary form of email communication, so my earliest email address of the format we now recognise was therefore "dill@cix" - somewhat shorter than ours.
Dave, I love this. Thanks for sharing! (Compuserve is also ringing a bell at my end, I think maybe my school used it?)
I think someone asked Brian McLaren once (as quoted in one of his books) 'Do you want to be more holy than you appear or to appear more holy than you are?'. It's a powerful question.
So powerful! Thanks for sharing.
Is it bad to still have & use your first email address..?!
Asking for a friend.
1995-2024
no shame here!