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Never heard of the guy until 2005 where CNET interviewed him about his interest in skype. Thus me and my friend downloaded Skype and called him. We chatted fo
by paul7986 9y ago
Never heard of the guy until 2005 where CNET interviewed him about his interest in skype. Thus me and my friend downloaded Skype and called him. We chatted for five or ten minutes and he remained on my friends Skype since. Later found out he was in the Grateful Dead in same shape or form.
- schoen 9y agoBarlow once recounted a time that a random person in Vietnam called him on Skype because she wanted to practice English and he was named "John": https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/26/technology/internet-calling-new-friends-old-problems.html https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/26/technology/internet-calli... You can find the whole thing (which is kind of amazing) at https://archive.li/jHN8B https://archive.li/jHN8B (search for "The Intimate Planet").
- jxramos 9y agoVery pleasant read, something nostalgic about this old style blog. Made me think of the days I'd spend chatting and voice messaging folks from MSN and yahoo chatrooms and all the friends I've made there who I've lost touch with.