The Gadgeteer is 25 years old! – Have you been here from the start?

NEWS – Wow, 25 years is a really long time! I didn’t have a smartphone or a smartwatch 25 years ago. Now I have both. I didn’t have WiFi or wireless home Internet back then either. 25 years ago, my phone only made calls and very basic text messages. Now I can use my phone as my one and only device if I wanted to – I don’t (yet).

Let’s take a little trip down The Gadgeteer memory lane. Back in 1997, I posted a few “reviews” on the USENET message forums about PDAs (personal digital assistants). USENET was kind of like Reddit but without pictures and video. People seemed to enjoy reading my reviews, so one thing led to another and I…