Online Reputation Edge presents: "A Brief History of Social Media"

A Brief History of Social Media by Brett Borders OnlineReputationEdge.com

Social media = web services evolved to mainstream popularity & corporate interest @BrettBorders

The “social media revolution” started over 40 years ago. Online. @BrettBorders

Phone Phreaking (1950’s) Steve Jobs Steve Wozniak @BrettBorders

Voicemail Hacking & Codelines Personal publishing before podcasts and blogs. @BrettBorders

Internet Before the World Wide Web (1969 - 1991) Military, academia & hackers. UUCP telnet e-mail @BrettBorders

BBS Systems (1979) acoustic modem @BrettBorders

Commercial Online Services (1979) CompuServe @BrettBorders

Compuserve CB Simulator (online chat room - 1980) “Are u M or F?” “A / S / L?” “what r u wearing?” @BrettBorders

Cyber Romance & Marriage “Finding Love Online?” 1983 1991 @BrettBorders

IRC - Internet Relay Chat (1988) #cybersex #hack #phreak #drugs #unix #techsupport @BrettBorders

The World Wide Web (1991) Tim Berners-Lee’s ﬁrst Web server @BrettBorders

AOL- America Online Internet Access (1995) Mass adoption. @BrettBorders

Instant Messaging (1996) ICQ :) :’( :P 8-) %-P *hugs* @BrettBorders

Peer-to-Peer / Social ﬁlesharing (1999) R.I.P. CD & DVD @BrettBorders

Social Networking Proﬁle Sites - (1997) Social News Sites - (1997) @BrettBorders

Mobile-friendly, real-time status updates (2006) @BrettBorders

Real-time social productivity (2009) @BrettBorders

The Future of Social Media? Augmented reality adds graphics, sounds, feedback and smell to the natural world. @BrettBorders

THANK YOU!

by Online Reputation Edge on Mar 08, 2010