Before the Internet, for many of us, it was a frustrating, time consuming and tedious process. The principal vehicle consisted of classified ads in the few, hard to find CD magazines or in the alternative papers - The Phoenix (Boston) or The City Paper (Washington). One would either place or respond to an ad via snail mail and hopefully get a response. This meant, for many of us, getting a private mail box and checking it regularly. The process took weeks. Then came the Internet and a whole new world opened for all of us. Thank you Vint Cerf, DARPA.....oh....and you too Al Gore.
