Well, there's a blast from the past

[julesjones]

Logged into my pro website for the first time in months, and lo and behold there in the most recent "visitor came from" stats was my entry in the Miss Snark Crapometer. I loved that site, I did; and it's been 12 years since she shuttered the site and left so many of us sad and forlorn.

I've had a couple of other "how long?" experiences today with looking up various things related to both fan and pro writing careers. It's been 16 years since I was first published by Loose Id. It's 21 years since I published my first fanzine. I feel old now...

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[hrj]

The online world is one of those things where I simultaneously feel like life has always been this way and yet it's easy to remember the Before Times. It's been 14 years since I set up my first website...and 3 years since I added any new content to that one. (All my current activity is on my author website.) It's been 10 years since I left Usenet for good (when I finally gave up on rec.arts.sf.composition) and yet that era still feels like the most formative part of my online existence. I'd have to spend a bit more time than it's worth on Google to work out when I first started participating in Usenet. So many comings and goings.