The emoticon is 30 years old ;-)
(Photo: Gene J. Puskar / AP)
Thirty years ago Wednesday, noted Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Professor Scott Fahlman typed out the first sideways smiley face composed entirely of keyboard characters and posted it to the university bulletin board where — much like the Internet today —the flat text of faceless posts is often misunderstood.
Source: digitallife.today.com
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