Joe Torre embraces Internetsphere way of life
Quick flashback to 1998:
- Google looked really, really goofy. And so did CNN.
- Small trading cards were worth hundreds of dollars, just because of a holographic glow.
- AOL all but trademarked that deathly dial-up ring.
- Pre-teen instant messengers caught onto the LOL / LMAO / WTF / ROTFL / BRB craze.
Quick reflection on 2008:
- AOL is all but dead
- Joe Torre has finally caught onto the LOL / LMAO / WTF / ROTFL / BRB craze:
First up, though, I’ll be figuring out this blogging thing since I’m a little behind the times. For example, I saw one of those little candy Valentine’s hearts printed with “LOL” and thought it was a typo right up until I started reading about blogs and Web acronyms. I mean, WTF(udge), right? Then there are “web smileys” like
and
which frankly make me a bit >:-P (I just made that one up). But live and learn.
