The Development That Made the Whole Web :) ... "The Digital Smiley Face Turns 25


	The Development That Made the Whole Web :) ... "The Digital Smiley Face Turns 25

Amanda Mooney

9-30-2007 5:05 PM

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web, emoticons, internet, the wrong advices, amanda mooney

Amanda Mooney says:

Dan's The Wrong Advices Blog (www.thewrongadvices.com) posted this story. Constantly bombarded with flashing smiley face banner ads, I shutter at the mention of emoticons. However, this is a charming story about the first digital smiley face and I enjoyed Dan's statement, "Love them or hate them, emoticons do proved a quick and easy way to show emotion in an otherwise detached medium." You can find another interesting story on emoticons at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/fashion/29emoticon.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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