First off, let me remind you that I was born in the 1900's so the way thing are today technology-wise was unpredictable. We thought it was cool to have a pager. I  learned how to use a computer on a Mac Classic 386 during the late night shift at Kinko's in Seattle's University district. So, let's step back... way back.
In a previous life (1982ish) I published and Underground fanzine, traveled and toured with a comedy troupe, produced events for corporate organizations, and as an onscreen persona known as Bill Bored I was the first guy to put a punk rock music video program on broadcast television ('87).