MY-NICHE Contest Entry - My first website saved on archive.org

wizardave (60)in #contest • 6 years ago

💡 I created jabi.com sometime in 1995.

jabi
- = Just Another Bright Idea
  - = pronounced jab eye

March 30, 1997 is the first saved copy of jabi.com on archive.org.

See the '97 site here.

Why a virtual front porch?

Just a few short years ago,
🏠 the front porch was the most important "room" of a home.

Men folk would sit around the front porch
😏 teaching boys how to whittle whistles out of willow, etc.
- Often the women folk would join them.
  😋 They taught young girls how to get the men folk to pick up their dirty socks, etc.
  - Of course, kids were often seen sitting on grown ups laps
    🏃 or off somewhere playing.
👴 Older folks were able to pass along the wisdom of their age to the younger folk. 👵
- Those who knew passed on their knowledge to those less experienced.
  - Lives were shaped by family values passed along from the front porch meetings.
The gatherings ended with everyone on the front porch
🌄 enjoying the sunset
and homemade peach ice cream. 🍦
- This is the way it was just a few short years ago.
  - Families were close and dependent on each other.

Look how far we have grown apart.

If this present course is not changed
- I'm afraid this very important part of life will be lost.
  - We can't go back to those times.

We have to bring that spirit back with today's Technology.

Welcome to the next level!
The Virtual Front Porch

Connecting people to people
Connecting people to information
- That is the goal for this website.
  - To connect like minded people together.

Family,

friends and
- business acquaintances.
  - To help families reconnect with each other.

To pass on wisdom about

✞ Religion,
😜 Politics,
👪 Family,
💲 Money…
- You know… LIFE!!!
  - To help everyone take full advantage of the Internet.

That was then. This is now...

When I first saw the Internet,

😎 The Internet in 1995 was a ground floor opportunity 😎
I had vision to see how it would become part of most people's everyday life.

I was able to cash in on that, making a living creating web sites for about 5 years.
- I watched as many got rich by chasing venture capital for really stupid ideas.
  - I decided to get a real job and turned my webmastering into more or less a hobby.

Then over a decade later, I ran across Steemit.

😎 Steemit is a ground floor opportunity 😎
- for anyone wanting to take advantage of it.
  - I'm going to give it my best shot.
I still like to share ideas about
- Family, Religion, Politics, and Money
  - You know... LIFE!!!