My first Internet experience was in the late 90s. I remember using a free AOL CD-ROM that came in the mail to check it out. I mostly used it to email and chat with my friends. I recall trying to convince my mom that we needed to subscribe to the service and she couldn’t understand why I would need to email and chat with people online when I could just use the phone. When I first started college in 1998, I remember there being a huge emphasis placed on using email, but my professors didn’t really use it. I diligently checked it every day and rarely received anything school related. Today, I turn to to the Internet for everything: news, weather, to stay in contact with friends near and far. Even when I am not near a computer, I have my phone to alert me of a new email, IM, Facebook notification, breaking news, etc.