💡 I created jabi.com sometime in 1995.

• jabi
  • = Just Another Bright Idea
    • = pronounced jab eye

March 30, 1997 is the first saved copy of jabi.com on archive.org.

• See the '97 site here.

Why a virtual front porch?

Just a few short years ago,
🏠 the front porch was the most important "room" of a home.

• Men folk would sit around the front porch
  😏 teaching boys how to whittle whistles out of willow, etc.
  • Often the women folk would join them.
    😋 They taught young girls how to get the men folk to pick up their dirty socks, etc.
    • Of course, kids were often seen sitting on grown ups laps
      🏃 or off somewhere playing.
• 👴 Older folks were able to pass along the wisdom of their age to the younger folk. 👵
  • Those who knew passed on their knowledge to those less experienced.
    • Lives were shaped by family values passed along from the front porch meetings.
• The gatherings ended with everyone on the front porch
  🌄 enjoying the sunset
  and homemade peach ice cream. 🍦
  • This is the way it was just a few short years ago.
    • Families were close and dependent on each other.

Look how far we have grown apart.

• If this present course is not changed
  • I'm afraid this very important part of life will be lost.
    • We can't go back to those times.

We have to bring that spirit back with today's Technology.

Welcome to the next level!
The Virtual Front Porch

• Connecting people to people
• Connecting people to information
  • That is the goal for this website.
    • To connect like minded people together.

Family,

• friends and
  • business acquaintances.
    • To help families reconnect with each other.

To pass on wisdom about

• ✞ Religion,
• 😜 Politics,
• 👪 Family,
• 💲 Money…
  • You know… LIFE!!!
    • To help everyone take full advantage of the Internet.

That was then. This is now...

When I first saw the Internet,

😎 The Internet in 1995 was a ground floor opportunity 😎
I had vision to see how it would become part of most people's everyday life.

• I was able to cash in on that, making a living creating web sites for about 5 years.
  • I watched as many got rich by chasing venture capital for really stupid ideas.
    • I decided to get a real job and turned my webmastering into more or less a hobby.

Then over a decade later, I ran across Steemit.

• 😎 Steemit is a ground floor opportunity 😎
  • for anyone wanting to take advantage of it.
    • I'm going to give it my best shot.
• I still like to share ideas about
  • Family, Religion, Politics, and Money
    • You know... LIFE!!!

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