I was born in 1980, and for a time was embarrassed to admit I met my first girlfriend via a local BBS. Now, I was a bit unusual in that I grew up with access t

I was born in 1980, and for a time was embarrassed to admit I met my first girlfriend via a local BBS. Now, I was a bit unusual in that I grew up with access to computers (mother is a programmer) -- though back during the early-mid 90s you were 'offline' most of the time, and only connected to services to check mail a few times a day (with the occasional overnight software download). This always-online stuff is good and maddening at the same time. And I still don't "get" social media and probably never will (I don't want to either, it's a giant time sink - my wife is always pecking at her smartphone. Seriously, we're in the same house, stop texting me).