MyPins.com
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Olympic, Hard Rock Cafe and Disney Pins
Description
The History of myPins.com
In 1995, Dr. Michael J. Miller was preparing to attend the summer Olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia. As a relatively new Olympic pin collector, Dr. Miller wanted to establish an easy way in which to connect with fellow pin collectors over the Internet. He opened an account with a local Internet service provider, and, without any prior knowledge of HTML programming, designed a one-page website and personal home page for Olympic pin collecting. Dr. Miller included his email address, a description of the types of pins that he was interested in acquiring, and a list of upcoming pin shows that were scheduled to be held in the Atlanta area during that year. The home page was, in fact, one of the first websites dedicated to Olympic pin collecting.
Two years later, Dr. Miller wanted to expand the manner in which collectors could communicate with each other over the Internet, and subsequently proposed the formation of the very first USENET newsgroup dedicated to pin collecting. After six months of developing the newsgroup's charter and rationale, soliciting support from fellow collectors, and a rigorous online voting process, the rec.collecting.pins newsgroup was formally established on August 11, 1997. Since that time, thousands of messages have been posted, linking pin collectors from all over the world.
Due to the overwhelming growth and success of the Internet, hundreds of pin collecting websites began to appear, and it was necessary to develop an online directory that would catalog these resources. Dr. Miller began to include a listing of pin sites on his home page, and now, more than eight years later, the number of pin collecting links on the myPins.com website totals more than 500! We hope that your new pin collecting website can be included in the near future.
Contact
Administrative:
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- Indianapolis IN
- US 46202-6131
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Registrant:
- myPins.com
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- Indianapolis IN
- US 46202
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