[projectaon] Re: Birthday!
- From: Jonathan Blake <blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:56:15 -0800
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Ingo Kloecker
<projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday 03 December 2009, OToole, L wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It's 3 Dec 2009 (at least here in the UK). Does that mean Project Aon
>> is 10 years old today?
>
> Time for some nostalgia: Here's the first version of the website
> archived by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (archive.org):
> http://web.archive.org/web/20000816151419/www.crosswinds.net/~projectaon/
>
> Who still remembers the logo used back then? :-)
*raises hand* :)
On this auspicious occasion, I feel like I should say something
profound, but I just look back over the ups and downs and feel
grateful that we've had this chance to work together and give back to
something that gave so much to us. We make quite a group.
And 10 years is an eternity on the Internet. Project Aon predates
YouTube, All your base..., Facebook, Second Life, lolcat, Myspace,
Badger Badger Badger, Creative Commons, Charlie Bit My Finger, 4chan,
Wikipedia, and (just barely) Homestarrunner.com. The publicly
available World Wide Web has seen more days with Project Aon than
without. It takes dedication to stick with it this long.
I'm also grateful that on the occasion of our 10th anniversary, the
end of our primary task is in sight. Just eight more books. We should
finish sometime before our 20th anniversary. ;)
--
Jon
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