My online autobiography

I would have to say I am a digital native. From the time I could walk I can remember there always being a computer or two in our house. My father worked for a company that repaired computers so we always had one there and pieces of ones that he would be working on himself. I can remember playing early versions of leap frog programs for learning vocabulary and math and playing mother goose video games. Even though I grew up around computers I can say that I really understand how they work. I was a sophomore in high school before I ever really used the internet. We had AOL of course, I think everyone did at first. Getting my first instant message from a friend online while talking to another friend on the phone at the same time seemed like the coolest thing ever. It was not till after we stopped using the demon AOL that I really learned how to explore the web. I used yahoo for email and did not have to hear the most annoying, " you've got mail " guy. I can see the little letter in my mailbox, I know I have mail shut up! Even today I still don't completely know everything about the internet and how it is magically placed in front of my everyday but I have learned to respect it because when you can't get online, the world seems to stop.