In the spirit of other geek résumés:

• 1981 - First computer, a TI-99/4A. I immediately started entering BASIC programs from magazines and writing my own. One rule — I had to “wash my hands” before using it.
• 1982 - Went to my first TI-99 user group. Boy, the early 80’s computing community.. talk about geekfest. At least my excuse was being nine.
• 1983 - Watched Wargames and was inspired.
• 1984 - Dad brought home our first household Intel-based computer, a Compaq “Portable” Plus 8086, larger and heavier than most sewing machines, with a six inch green screen and a 10 MB hard drive.
• 1985 - In junior high computer classes in front of the TRS-80, I RULED.
• 1986 - Started using local Omaha BBS’s for email, file exchange, and even chatting on multi-line BBS’s. Citinet, The Crypt, Mages Inn.
• 1988 - Debuted a BBS called FAST (on a 1200 baud modem).
• 1989 - Went to some BBS-centered gatherings at Perkins. Mostly awed by the geekdom, but also met some of the best friends that I’ve ever had. Jen, Ed, Chris.
• 1990 - Disciplined for stealing my teacher’s password, logging in and sending broadcast messages to my friends as him.
• 1991 - I started using the Internet (still before Mosaic was released) at UNO, in the Gateway newsroom in the dark afterhours on large black and white Mac displays, with Ed. We emailed, posted to newsgroups, chatted (with Unix ‘talk’), FTP’d, used Photoshop 2.0 to scan and distort photos, played computer games (eventually Marathon) and ate pizza until the early morning hours.
• 1992 - Got a used 386, Windows 3.1 capable machine for $300. I could finally multitask (other than through some hacked way like Borland’s Sidekick), and no more command line.
• 1993 - Posted to newsgroups about VW’s and drugs.
• 1994 - Went on a 7000 mile road trip around western North America with Ed, visiting and staying with more than a dozen people we’d corresponded with online via newsgroups and the sito community. The Internet was still safe in 1994.
• 1995 - Luddite phase. No new developments. Except to learn that technological progress is inevitable, and that there are many important limitations to the Internet, namely, eye contact.
• 1996 - Upgraded the 386 to a 486 and Windows 95. I could finally surf the web from home.
• 1997 - With a newly minted English degree (and art minor), I needed to find a job. Went back to Ed to learn the basics of HTML. I wrote down about 10 tags on a sheet of paper, then went home and dissected dozens of web sites. Started working for a computing magazine doing HTML work.
• 1998 - Got a job as a web designer at a design studio.
• 1999 - First dot-com.
• 2000 - Second dot-com.
• 2001 - Third dot-com.
• 2002 - Married a woman I first communicated with online three years previously.
• 2003 - Started a blog.