A New Online World

摘要

Revelation. Epiphany. Watershed. Call it what you like, but I couldn't stop talking about my direct connection to the Internet—to the envy of my Internet-impaired friends. After our ONLINE/CD-ROM '94 conference and the success and technical trauma of the Internet Demo Room there, one of my top priorities was to establish my own direct Internet connection. ONLINE has been covering the Internet since its early days, and I needed to experience its fullness first-hand—and taste the bitter frustrations of making the connection and getting it up and running.