[Air-l] surfing - when and who coined the term

[Serge Courrier]

Hi, 

The phrase "Surfing the Internet" is coined in march 17, 1992 by Jean Armour
Polly (a.k.a. Net Mom) while under contract to Wilson Library Bulletin to
write a beginner's level article about the Internet : 
http://www.netmom.com/about/surfing10.shtml

One of multiple sources : Hobbes' Internet Timeline v6.0
http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/

Best regards

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Serge Courrier
Computer journalist
Paris, France


> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-admin at aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin at aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rune
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> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 3:29 PM
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-l] surfing - when and who coined the term
> 
> Hi all
> 
> A question some might readily know the answer too.
> 
> Is it known when and by whom the notion of 'surfing' was introduced to
> describe browsing/navigation/information seeking on the web?
> 
> I never thought that the concept was particularly fit but I would like to
> know its genealogy in the context of the web/hypertext).
> 
> Thanks,
> Rune
> 
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