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I remember the internet-connected Coke machine at CMU.#web257:35 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Kimberly Blessing@obiwankimberly

Replying to @w3c@w3c Seeing a marquee, blinking text, and animated gif for thefirst time. And the thing one can do with CSS. #web257:08 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Ranti Junus @ranti

Replying to @krish_vamsi@w3c fighting for the copper line #web25 ;-)7:02 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Vamsi Krishna @krish_vamsi

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@w3c and when the early @Yahoo or altavista didn't find thatpage, there was always the good book #web258:44 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Federico Figueroa C.@fedfigca

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Replying to @w3c@w3c year:95 xt 486. The sound of modem connecting @ 28.8kand my first chat at efnet makes me almost cry whenremember.great times. #web256:59 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Andre Natal@andrenatalbr

I heard about the Web in 1995 but didn't use it till 1998. My firsthomepage, Jan 2000 /co @internetarchive #web256:55 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Coralie Mercier@koalie

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Time flies. I still remember building my first web page for theFord Toxicology department sometime in the mid 90s. #web256:49 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Peter Gilbert@PeterNGilbert

Replying to @w3c@w3c I recall using Mosaic and Cello to view web pages in '94,then the excitement when I drove to Pipex HQ to get my firstNetscape #web256:42 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Sheila Thomas@Speranda

First memories of the web: 1999, my very first Yahoo email;GeoCities, Netscape, webpage using MS FrontPage. Happy25th Birthday Web! #web256:32 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Jonathan Manas@athanph

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¡Feliz Aniversario Internet! 1/2 de lustro se dice fácil, sin ti mivida quizás y sólo quizás sería socialmente activa. #web255:48 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Eduardo L pez@jack01100

My first memory of the Web: rushing home after school in mid90's to chat on IRC #web254:58 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Dillon Mann@dillonmann

s0dawns0dawn@s0dawn

4 YEARS AGO

夜な夜なテレホタイムにCGIのminichatや掲示板を利用し、そのうちVirtualAvenueあたりのCGI利用可能なところで自分で設置したり、Yahooで検索しながらPerlやPHPを調べてちょっとずつ改造したり。 #web25

@w3c still growing strong since 2001, never stopped using html!#web252:33 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Wijmans Development@WijmansIT

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Remember playing with a Sun computer (w/ the size of a smallfridge) that served the first DNS in Spain #web251:45 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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bisho@bisho

@wc3, the first site I ever built (1998 - 1999) used <TABLE> forlayout - imagine doing that now! #web251:34 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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Duncan Midwinter@duncanmid

I remember mosaic & altavista, and browsing with lynx onvt100's in the University, the dial-up sound I will never forget...#web251:31 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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bisho@bisho

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I remember downloading netscape navigator at the university &carrying it to home in floppies because was too big to downloadat home #web251:16 AM - Mar 11, 2014

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bisho@bisho

My kids will laugh incredulously when they realize I'm older thanthe web. Probably as hard as I'm crying at this discovery.#web2511:30 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Frances Rubio@FrancesRubio

Aissa Alicaway@AisAlicaway

4 YEARS AGO

@w3c I created my very first email add in 2002 and bragged how it's so easy. People at that timein my area haven't heard of the web #web25

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Also, a huge thank you to everyone working on standards at#W3C! Many hours spent in conf calls, similar toyoutube.com/watch?v=DYu_bG… #web258:28 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Andrei@andreisambra

YouTube @YouTube

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#web25: Impressions of Twitter users sharing early memories ofthe Web wp.me/p3diFg-qt8:06 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Coralie Mercier@koalie

#web25: Impressions of Twitter users sharin…I do all sorts of social media tracking at work. Andwe’re ramping up to launch a celebration that willlast through the end of 2014: The 25thcoraliemercier.wordpress.com

My 1st taste of the web (and email) came in ’95 via a hand-me-down modem (9600 bps), @seflinlib free net, and lynx. #web25#libraries7:38 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Anthony Bosio @abosio

Replying to @w3c@w3c By 1994 I was collecting browsers, which later becamethe browser archive at browsers.evolt.org. Netshark, HotJava,Cello,…! #web256:56 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Adrian Roselli @aardrian

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[cont’d] more #web25 memories include: Super Mario cheats,Yahoo! homepage, Marquee, blink (a tag back then, not a fork),Commodore 646:55 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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W3C@w3c

@w3c I remember computer bulletin boards on the well andprinting out NHL standings on tractor-feed paper (face palm)#web256:55 PM - Mar 10, 2014

Patrick Laubner@superfine_de

Replying to @theFakeW3C@thefakew3c @w3c #web25 downloaded NCSA Mosaic in1993 mouth dropped,said bye to Gopher prior surfing tool,thereare images in this thing!6:52 PM - Mar 10, 2014

Sandy Ressler@sressler

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I bet 25 years ago no one thought HTML would put an app on acell phone! #web25 #w3c6:42 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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[ `• _`• ]@EricLakatos

@w3c I remember those dial up sounds and waiting ages for mypc to load up. Would have to make a few drinks before it wasready to go #web256:19 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Michael Brooks@Mike_D_Brooks

expensive provider bills ! #web256:17 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Brice G.@bgouban

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[cont’d] #web25 memories include: hamster dance, Myspace,Netscape Composer, Flash, chat all over the world, PHP3, 33.6kmodem. More @web256:15 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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W3C@w3c

@w3c : 1994, 1st contact with NCSA Mosaic and in 1997, my1st Web page with the native notepad-like text editor on a Unixmachine #web255:48 PM - Mar 10, 2014

Gilles Chagnon@GillesCC

1997. 14.4k internal modem with netscape and altavista. A eraago. #web255:41 PM - Mar 10, 2014

Marco Ghinassi@ghign0

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#Web25 Web History timeline MT @johnallsopp: Have you seenwebdirections.org/history/ ?@JasonSpeaking @w3c5:39 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Web At 25@Web25

I remember the sound of my 14.4K modem, using telnet and IRCto chat with friends away at college, Netscape, and huge phonebills. #web255:37 PM - Mar 10, 2014 · Green Bay, WI

Don Nelson@djnels

Replying to @derivadowwould love to get the code running again #web255:32 PM - Mar 10, 2014

Tom Scott@derivadow

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Welcome to the universe of HyperText… the UI for the first WebServer flickr.com/photos/tascott… #web255:30 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Tom Scott@derivadow

#web25 [cont’d] memories include: AOL, Geocities, Internetcafe, Mosaic, table layout, Alta Vista, view source, 56k, gopher,ViolaWWW5:30 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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W3C@w3c

1996. The sweet sound of my 14400 bps modem. The newlyreleased Netscape 3. Marquee, blink. Making my first website inSimpleText #web255:29 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Nelly@nell

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Remember Netscape, before IE? Wow. Happy 25th WWW!#web255:27 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Johnny Dean@MrJohnnyDean

Replying to @w3c.@w3c I remember the Mosaic browser, design before tables,and slammin' <p>s #web255:24 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Jason CT@JasonCT

Michael Holt@mroberholt

4 YEARS AGO

@w3c I was born in '93 at the time email was becoming popularized My mom @jacobsoniplawwas 1 of the first users on mailpuppy. #web25

The old (now dismissed) Nintendo italian forum, 2001. #web255:20 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Giuseppe .*@giuscri

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@w3c My 1st memory on the web is @yahoo homepage. Iquickly decide to be part of it with a geocities's address #web25flickr.com/photos/7906697…5:11 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Arnaud MΛL П@zemoko

PhoenixRichardMarketingSociologist@PhoenixRichard

4 YEARS AGO

#web25 @w3c Early 1983, Commodore 64 with cup phone receiver. Oops. 31 years ago.Thought web only 25? Delivering Internet content since '84

Replying to @w3c@w3c it was in 2002 - One of my first website (about CD Romreferate.mezdata.de/sj2001/cdrom_j…) goes online - today wiebuilt HTML5 Apps @NETSYNO #web255:06 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Jonathan Denner@zettel_kasten

Victor Brito@victorbritopro

4 YEARS AGO

@w3c One of my earliest memories on the Web: in 2004, when I made my first personalwebsite, with… Microsoft Word! What a shame! :-o #web25

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@w3c remember being told off by parents for being on theinternet when they were expecting a phone call? #dialup#Web255:00 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Paul McDonough@Guitaraholic

@w3c I remember this sound: doriantaylor.com/file/14.4 #web254:57 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Dorian Taylor@doriantaylor

Replying to @w3c@w3c lynx, elm, setting up a personal nntp server and abusingof ftp'ing from sunsite. All with my bursting 33.6k modem#web254:49 PM - Mar 10, 2014 · Saint-Gély-du-Fesc, France

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Jean-Charles@jcverdie

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@w3c Thanks to the web, I kept in touch with a girl back in2005... #web254:48 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Sébastien Desbenoit@desbenoit

israel@DeveloperWho

4 YEARS AGO

#web25 buying a vg mag with a html tutorial, and also feel like a hacker because I could usefinger and net view commands.

Replying to @Sophielle75#Web25 “@Sophielle75: @w3c I remember analyzing navigator& server downloads at Netscape european headquarter (first netmarketing study?)”4:43 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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W3C@w3c

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Replying to @w3c@w3c i do not exactly remember my first experience, but itwasn't long until i bought my first domain and set up my ownnameserver. #web254:36 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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azet@a_z_e_t

@w3c in 1998, wrote my first pages in HTML at university, usingnotepad. Loved the simplicity, discovered PHP3 at the sametime :) #web254:31 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Nicolas Hoffmann@Nico3333fr

Astarioth@Astarioth

4 YEARS AGO

@w3c 1999 - as a child - at my neighbours house; totally fascinated by the possibility to chatwith people all over the world :) #web25

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Replying to @w3c.@w3c I remember Netscape, Alta Vista and the sight ofmarquee tags in 1996… at the time not slightly knowing whatHTML was #web254:24 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Christian Fleschhut@cfleschhut

karl dubost |¯느¯|@karlpro

4 YEARS AGO

@w3c In 1992, creating 2 pages A.html and B.html with hypertext links, being in awe usingViolaWWW. Love at 1st use #web25

I remember, but I prefer forget it... guilty, the "Dark side": Flash,layout with tables, <font/>,... #web254:20 PM - Mar 10, 2014

Jorge Rumoroso@rumoroso

#web25 I vividly remember being taught how to make basicwebsites using Netscape Composer & learning the CSS boxmodel in fifth grade.4:14 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Kevin Lozandier@KevinLozandier

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Replying to @w3c@w3c, The year was 2003. I have made a lot of picture andGBA games search queries via the bad search engine . It's ashame =) #web254:13 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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mkh@makhauser

In the beginning of my web-dev story I learned basic HTML topimp up my @Myspace profile. #web254:07 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Kevin Gimbel @_kevinatari

Replying to @w3c@w3c We have a copy of the @EastSussexCC website from1996. Fits on 2 floppies and main nav is an isometric townmodel. #web25 #localgov4:02 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Rick Mason@sussexrick

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Replying to @w3c@w3c I remember PC World mag publishing a map of theInternet. All the important sites, gopher and web, on one page.#web253:49 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Rick Mason@sussexrick

#web25 memories thus far include: universities, evenings, text-only, inspiration, lynx, floppy (yes, yes), usenet, dial-up, modem,new world3:41 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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W3C@w3c

@w3c I was young but remember the amazing speed of anupgrade to 56k modem #web253:36 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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John Kilmister@johnkilmister

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The original document by Sir Tim Berners Lee outlining theWorld Wide Web w3.org/History/1989/p… #web25@HypercubeHub @MuzindaHub3:17 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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thatAfro@HikwaMehluli

@w3c Standing at a ATM-like web kiosk in Emery Gateshopping centre & being told nobody else wanted aFDD/printer/text editor, 1998. #web253:12 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Robin Hodson@uxonym

@w3c I remember the sweet sound of dialup as late as 2006.#web253:06 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Ashwin Mukhija@__achrome

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Replying to @HikwaMehluli1995 I was about 10years old searching for super mario cheatsvia #Netscape @w3c #web253:04 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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thatAfro@HikwaMehluli

Replying to @w3cThe sound *ding dong just when you connect was the bestsound to man after countinual dialing @w3c #web252:59 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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thatAfro@HikwaMehluli

I HTML! #web25 @w3c2:57 PM - Mar 10, 2014 · New Jersey, USA

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Michael Spellacy @Spellacy

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@w3c I remember the first dial up connection in our studentcomputer lab. We used to hide there at night in order to connectfreely #web25”2:48 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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anna caprarelli@annacaprarelli

Replying to @w3c@w3c xarchie && download && make && run… Hello Gopher,then Mosaic. At first launch, I thought I had hacked into theCERN's computers #web252:47 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Clochix@clochix

Replying to @GuitaraholicMe too... “@Guitaraholic: @w3c I remember downloadingNetscape & discovering "tabbed" browsing. Thought it was weirdthat you wou... #web25”2:45 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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anna caprarelli@annacaprarelli

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Reminiscing about early websites and remembered thesebit.ly/PkJsCb #web25 #earworm2:44 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Amy Wardlaw@amywardlaw

I remember semantics was a natural thing, an intrinsic part of aweb page. Not questioned, but totally embraced. #web252:31 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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ge ricci@gericci

William Denton@wdenton

4 YEARS AGO

#web25 First saw the web by telnetting into a Lynx session on a public server at U Kansas. Blewmy mind, changed my life.

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Whatever happened to Netscape, Excite and Alta Vista?#web252:26 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Darren Burn@dazburn

Replying to @w3c@w3c I remember entering keywords into AOL to get to pages,and then starting my own "Home Page" on Geocities. #web252:21 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Ian Moffitt@nessthehero

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Replying to @w3c@w3c This: youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6… #web252:21 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Jay Cassano@jcassano

YouTube @YouTube

Replying to @w3c@w3c HTML tags in all caps #web252:20 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Alex Turpin@xeon06

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Replying to @w3c@w3c setting up anyone and everyone with trumpet winsock asif it was keys to an entirely new world after mosaic released.#web252:18 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Jason Kint@jason_kint

@w3c I remember the sound of my modems (3 nodes BBS onCommodore Amiga in 1993), then first own website created onSun SPARCstation 2 #web252:16 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Thomas Stegh@stegh

Replying to @w3c@w3c sending my baseball site to Jerry Yang and seeing himadd it to the first few sports sites onakebono.stanford.edu/~yahoo #web252:15 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Jason Kint@jason_kint

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ovanrijswijkOskar van Rijswijk@ovanrijswijk

4 YEARS AGO

@w3c I remember translating the mission of The Web Standards Project ᔥwebstandards.org/about/mission/… #web25

I remember a lot of websites having images of "underconstruction" signs. #web252:08 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Алексей Капустин@CampusAtOracle

Replying to @w3c@w3c I remember downloading Netscape & discovering"tabbed" browsing. Thought it was weird that you wouldn't wantseparate windows #web252:07 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Paul McDonough@Guitaraholic

Replying to @w3c@w3c I remember at home the dial up sound and the waiting,then at school very basic websites #web252:04 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Charles@Chasapple

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Replying to @w3c#web25 @w3c lynx in green openvms terminal (1994) lookingjealous to PCs with Mosaic installed in an special room, only forPhd students1:57 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Manrique Lopez@jsmanrique

Replying to @dascritch@w3c #WEB25 : fired #NSCA #Mosaic on #unix and browsedsome #usenet #faqs at univ cict.fr where I met #Amiga nerd@dascritch1:52 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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RzR @ rzr.online.fr@RzrFreeFr

#web25 @w3c Netscape 1.0 in '95 on xterm, lynx on Slackwarelinux (installed via 3.5" floppy).1:46 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Rob Sanderson@azaroth42

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Replying to @obiwankimberly@obiwankimberly @w3c Mosaic also, in 1994. Back then, whocould imagine how big the web was going to be? #web251:39 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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ge ricci@gericci

Internet Archive: Wayback Machine #web25archive.org/web/1:10 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Elin Silveous@ElinSilveous

Replying to @w3c@w3c I remember re-installing IE3, because some websiteswere broken with IE5. *shudders* #web251:03 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Manuel Strehl@m_strehl

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Replying to @webfoundation@webfoundation Analyses of Health/Medicine on AOL,CompuServe Delphi, Genie, Prodigy 1992. Launched on AOL1993. :) #web2512:57 PM - Mar 10, 2014

Elin Silveous@ElinSilveous

The Web turns 25 Wednesday. My earliest memory is making asite on tripod.com. I was 11 y/o. #web2512:53 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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initial con offering@tilgovi

Replying to @webfoundation@webfoundation @Web25 I launched Better Health & MedicalForum on AOL in March 1993! #Web2512:49 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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Elin Silveous@ElinSilveous

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The Web at 25: I was a teenage dial-up addict viaCNETnews.cnet.com/8301-17938_105… #WEB2512:38 PM - Mar 10, 2014

Elin Silveous@ElinSilveous

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Elin Silveous

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My predictions on the future of the Internet & #health Circa 1998Assoc. Worksite #HealthPromotionpic.twitter.com/7YPuMTW3w4 #Web2512:08 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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The Web turns 25th on Wednesday! Follow the conversationusing #web25 and share your earliest memories of the Web withus! #web2512:49 PM - Mar 10, 2014

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