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:-) turns 25 today!

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This post is not technically savvy, nor does it provide industry information to set your business apart from others, but I would like to take a minute to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the smiley. Where would we be without emoticons in today's world of e-mails and electronic messages?

25 years ago today, Carnegie Mellon professor Scott E. Fahlman proposed the usage of :-) for messages with humor.

Now 25 years later we have an enormous amount of smiley's  :)  and winks  ;-)  which have morphed from the original smiley, as well as other emotions such as the sad emoticon  :'(

If you'd like to read more, head on over to CNN.com to read about the history about the smiley and how it's evolved.

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Susan Trombley
Trombley Real Estate - Wake Forest, NC
Broker/Realtor, Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, Youngs
Amazing we have been using computers for 25 years. HUM
Sep 18, 2007 07:46 AM
Kris Wales
Keller Williams Realty - Lakeside Market Center - Macomb, MI
Real Estate Blog & Homes for Sale search site, Macomb County MI

Now that's a fun birthday :-)  

Ok, now I feel really old.

Sep 18, 2007 07:47 AM
Laura Monroe
Inman News - San Francisco, CA
Dir. of Industry Engagement & Social Media
Anna~ You're too funny girl!! :-)
Sep 19, 2007 07:07 AM
Karen Otto
Home Star Staging - Plano, TX
Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes
interesting, I would have never thought that smiley was 25! good trivia if you're ever on Jeopardy..
Sep 30, 2007 03:44 PM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth
The Smiley, celebrated everywhere, including the movie Forrest Gump. I know people who hate smileys, particularly the emoticon type. Where do you come up with this trivia Anna?
Nov 04, 2007 07:39 AM