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By the time I got a bachelors degree in fine arts in 1989, I realized that faster than I could say "obsolete", art seemed to be moving toward "virtual" canvases. Here is a little history of what was going on between 1985 and 1989 when I was busy painting away with oil paints and achieving multiple F's in computer science in art school. 1985: Forerunner of America Online (AOL) is launched by Steve Case 1990: Tim Berners-Lee develops Internet computer language and address system 1990: I realized that I was holding a BA degree in fine arts in one hand and scratching my hurting brain with my other, the Internet took off, leaving poor me behind, (but not for too long) 1989-1991: I squaundered 2 years as a stand up comic in San Francisco open Mics. Realizing that my clever humor was not going to pay the bills, I continued my college education. 1991: WorldWideWeb browser and server software made available by Tim Berners-Lee 1991: I started the Web Publishing program at Foothill College 1993: Mosaic, the first properly developed web-browser, takes Internet by storm 1994: First World Wide Web Consortium conference held 1995: Amazon launched by Jeff Bezos 1995:Yahoo launched by David Filo and Jerry Yang 1996: I dabbled in HTML hand-coding and freelance projects. 1998: Google opens its doors 1999---present: ongoing web publishing courses and various projects keep me busy! |