I wrote a little blog about fog the other day, where I trailed off into how video games use fog in clever ways to save ressources as well as an atmospheric tool. It was just a short sentence, but I wanted to explore that a bit further an deeper. For that I need more time and want to do actual research. Which is why we are now talking about something completely differen. But it is also part of what I call Deep Dives from now on. Since there articles take a bit longer, I am allowing myself a few days to write them, and if I don't get the time to actually publish something in betwee, so be it. I but a mortal with limited time.
Trust me.
The fog post was also REALLY bad, which is why I decided not to post it. I will revisit the topic another time.
From the name of this post, you might have guessed what this is all about. I want to talk a bit about the history and legacy of online messengers that I used growing up. This is a big girl article with sources and everything at the end. Might I be getting serious? Oh and to add context: I am a late millenial. I do remeber a big part of my childhood without internet. And an even bigger part without smartphones.
I will skip right over ancient systems, and the nitty-gritty history of what could be called the first online messengers and go right into the first thing people will recognize: IRC.
To Add: MSN ICQ Teamspeak / Mumble Skype Whatsapp iMessage Telegram Signal Yadda yadda yadda