2001, pr0 and tree brought me into it. :glugglug

did you think I was Mike Weir ?:1orglaugh

Yea, thats so awesome. I never did mess with AVS at all... But man that shit was a big competitor to paysite programs since day one. You guys definately had a good niche.

Yea, when I first got started I had to dump all my saving into my 1 man company just to get it afloat. Then for the first year I think I put 85% of what I made back into the company and even quit a really good job. It was so scary at first but those 18 hour days payed off. Hard work actually works I guess :)

worked on the net since '97 for goto.com(overture) and greatdomains.com

adult since '99 with non program paysites and SE spamming

PD since 2001. (old site was cherrybucks.com)

Isnt it crazy how much the quality of the girls has gone up in the last 5 years??

hahahah


maybe it was becuase the first few times I saw you, you were hanging out with them at their booth at internext or something... lol who knows

I don't remember what year I got into porn exactly . I've been doing online money for 2 years before that and I accidently found out adult webmaster info while looking for a trade script . Strated doign free sites and cjs ...

Must have been in 98-99 or something like that ... I don't remember exactly

I started building web pages in 1994 when I lived in St. Thomas, and quickly developed two online travel magazines to promote toursim in the Virgin Islands.

Sitting in my storm shelter during Hurricane Marilyn's assault on the island, waiting for my roof to blow off, and realizing that my business - based upon a local client base - was being swept into the Caribbean, I came up with 'plan b' - instead of building sites that pleased others, I could build sites that pleased me, and if others didn't like my adult properties, I'd make money when they clicked out.

Most importantly, divorcing myself from having to rely upon a local client base for my income allowed me to live and work wherever I pleased, without fears of forces beyond my control, as long as I had at least electricity and a dial tone.

The rest, as they say, is history...

Everyone wants to be the next Jenna Jamesson.

If I listed some of the girls that I found in strip clubs, shopping malls, 7-11, and online that I got into porn - you wouldn't even believe me. But, anyone in the know, knows. I just wish that I had taken up some of the 40% rev share offers that I got to do a web site back in 97, 98, 99. Keep kicking myself but hoping for great things in the future. Oh, and I'm still looking for the next Jenna... just as long as I get her first scene on POV Porn.

1999. YNOTBob sold his bar in Mission Beach and went to work for YNOTMasters and offerd me a position.
And its been jolly ever since :thumbsup :thumbsup

Middle of 2000.

I remember making a tgp gallery, uploading it to angelfire and submitting it to thehun using the IP address instead of "angelfire.com" and it got listed. That's where I made my first $ in this biz.

Hmmmm Mike what yr was that .... the first time i met you, Rob, Newbiz, Roger V.. lol Charlo...... ? That was a long time ago ... i remember those porn parties being so small ...

:)

Whitney

First site went up in 1994 on a /~ domain, 1995 registered my first domain. Site is still up and running.

First computer ran Windows 3.11, had 2 gigs of ram, bought 4 additional for $130 before ram went up to $45+ a gig for my next machine -- 16 gigs for $780.

mid 1996

oh man do I remember xpics :( easy grand/day...

I remember sending you some fat checks for about 50k:winkwink:

2003
sold my internet training company and got bored
started with a porn site review site

No shit.... this is funny... I hearing stuff from guys I have known for years but never knew this shit...

Yea, thats how I met you actually. Ian and you worked a deal with me for 50k for some traffic once. And you guys paid me when we got to internext. The next show we shared a booth.. hahaha

Ian's dad kicked me out of the limo and then found out who I was and made them wait why they went to get me and let me back in.. hahahaha funny shit

them were some good old days:winkwink: Charlo always had some fun secretaries

1999 shooting exclusive content... for 3 big websites...

I totally remember we were on fire back then at the shows LOL

All the pets....

And Ian'a dad is still going strong

hahahaha



Hey Whitney...... What was that? About 3 or 4 years ago?

started with a blog with amateur pages on it, then moved on.

we are getting old but they keep getting younger LOL

Oh sheesh... probably closer to 4 years forsure. I mean this is going to be my 4th LV internext show. And that was in May.. wow maybe closer to 4.5 yrs? Hmm that doesn't sound right either LOL I'll ask mich mash......

And Roger V..... i remember the secretary riff raff.. and i didn't even work for Charlo yet LOL... oh how funny.

Whitney

hahaha, the good old days.... That who sexatary thing was funny as hell

That's bitchen. The only difference is, we still work 18 hours a day.
Knowing you have not only employees that live off of you, but just like yourself. There are thousands of webmasters out there living their lifestyles because of what you built.

So work for us and anyone else that runs their own empire knows that it's not easy and you always need to be on top of everything.

Do you remember the whole "C B" thing...? Rob reminded me of tat not too long ago..... oh Leanne. That was one funny weekend... that started myu love for the price brothers... and Mich's ;)

Yep, Kinda of a trip to think what you have built!! But I have to admit, I dont work those 18 hour days anymore.. I'm down to about 8.... but I never really take vacations and shit

Thats right...I forgot about that CB'n chick... hahahah

Ok, we were talking about XPICS.... Check this out for some old times...


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You don't physically work but mentally you are working 24/7
I don't take vacations either. I get home sick real quick. And I need to be online or I am so lost.

january 98 - my parents got the internet on their pentium 1 computer. i surfed a lot in my spare time as i had never been online before. within a few months that got boring so i decided to make my own site. i started off making a music site, that didn't make any money but it was fun and nice to hear feedback about it.

then i got an email from one of my free webhosts about how he was making so much money off adult check with porn sites. i didn't think too much of it but after i quit my shitty factory job i decided to give it a try. celeb sites were some of my favorite sites to check out back then so i decided to start one of my own that summer. it flopped because i didn't know what the hell was doing (making thumbs out of full sized pics by using the width, height shit) ect. well i didn't give up and tried again on better hosting after gaining some more know how. well this time it succeeded and even tho all i intended to do was make enough money to pay my car insurance i ended up making more than my parents combinded in 1999.

i moved out that year and have been doing it full time ever since. 6 years this month.

There was not one adult site not using Xpics. They were huge. I knew them both. The two partners. I knew the numbers they were doing too and it was incredible.

In the past 9 years I think the longest I have gone without logging onto my computer has been 4 days.. And that was pretty recent. And its only happened a few times.... I just cant go without it... lol

Its like an addiction


"internet addiction" Next on 20/20 lol

i started in 2001 helping out the "boyfriend"
he created a monster out of me thereafter .....
Anyways

I have a new big ass project on the go right now thought i'd share :thumbsup

Hey Mike,
How's ROB ---->:Graucho <------

LoL... He's doing well... Letting his hair grow out. Guess he was tired of looking like Mike? lol

Same here, went to Cancun a few years ago. No Cell phone, No internet connection, Nothing. I was so lost for about 4 days too. I felt the world had ended.

Yea, thats probably why I don't ever leave the country anymore. Well unless its Canada or something.