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The first text message was sent on this day in 1992 by then a 22-year-old engineer Neil Papworth to wish "Merry Christmas" to his colleague. (stefanbohacek.online)

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The first text message was sent on this day in 1992 by then a 22-year-old engineer Neil Papworth to wish "Merry Christmas" to his colleague.

"It didn't feel momentous at all. For me it was just getting my job done on the day and ensuring that our software that we'd been developing for a good year was working OK."

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-sms-text-message-sent

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reminds of https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113403626760089878

"We were just trying to get it to work."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

@[email protected] this is like the messages i sent the other day when i was making sure my new phone worked. it's very human