I see my life of tech primarily as Pre-Facebook & Pre-Tinder & Pre-ChatGPT.

The further back I recollect, the happier I become =D

>local BBS's

Austin, Texas, was a wild place in the 90s. I remember Alex Jones came on PublicAccessTV, right after the toilet-bowl-seat guy, before the late-nite sex doctors. Lots of online discussions were had outside of walled gardens.