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I started browsing in 1998. The website was Yahoo. My 1st task was to open a Yahoo email address & subscribe to Yahoo Sports' basketball info.
A neighbour in my close in Festac turned his garage to a cybercafe. The technology sucked me in. I was lucky
#WhenDidYouStartBrowsing?
A neighbour in my close in Festac turned his garage to a cybercafe. The technology sucked me in. I was lucky
#WhenDidYouStartBrowsing?
I was 17 at the time. I knew how to use the computer because in 1997, I had taken computer lessons learning Wordperfect, Corel, and Lotus 1-2-3.
I had read and heard about the internet, and seeing the doors open to that cybercafe just beside my house was the most glorious thing.
I had read and heard about the internet, and seeing the doors open to that cybercafe just beside my house was the most glorious thing.
As I reminisce about those years, I understand that I was privileged. I was lucky. If I was living in a village or a tiny city, I would never have had that opportunity.
I know this because as a Uni student, there was no cybercafe in Umuahia, for example until 2005.
I know this because as a Uni student, there was no cybercafe in Umuahia, for example until 2005.
