On September 19, 1982, (bearing in mind the international dateline, that’s today for us in Australia), Scott Fahlman posted to a bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University, suggesting both happy and sad emoticons. Given that they’ve made it into the blue screen of Windows 8, it seems like they’re here to stay. More »
You know that thing people do, when they stick a :) right after a rude comment? Yeah, that’s just about the most annoying thing ever, huh? :) Over at McSweeney’s, Jade Ologunja spoke her mind. More »
You’ve seen it before: That strange, cutesy “J” that occasionally appears in email and seems contextually like it’s meant to be a smiling emoticon. You may even be sending these little “J”s without even knowing it. Tech blogger Chris Pirillo explains: More »
Staring ruefully at the stamp, Joe realised, even the 2000 emoticons couldn’t ask her the simplest question, “Will you marry me?” Instead, she took his ink-stained hand into hers, like coffee into a porcelain cup. She knew. [JapanTrendShop /OhGizmo!]
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Some people get all >:o when it comes to emoticons, but I think they’re pretty B-). This =0 program detects your real life smiles with your webcam and turns them into :)s on your computer. :-p, haters. More »
Before the internet, there were typewriters. And before typewriters, there were movies. And before movies, there was chewing gum. And before chewing gum, there were only paleolithic caveman. Is this dude a Neanderthal chewing gum in a typewriter movie? Maaaybe. More »
An email came in the other day from the ninemsn people about emoticonworld.com.au and I kinda brushed it off. Yeah, yeah… emoticons. 10th anniversary of Windows Live… yada, yada. But then last night’s item about emo the meatspace emoticon surfaced and I thought to myself: “Self, a history lesson is in order”. More »
