How I Invented the Internet

<p>Despite growing up in Deep River Ontario the company town for Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories that only exists because of science Marilyn Carr was firmly neither a science technology engineering nor mathematics person. When <em>How I Invented the Internet</em> begins she has just wrapped up a master's degree in library science which at least involved the word science. So how did she accidentally end up in a tech career? It's complicated.</p><p><br></p><p><em>How I Invented the Internet</em> is a coming-of-work-age memoir set in 1980s and '90s Toronto. Along the way our heroine muddles through a series of baffling jobs patronizes questionable social venues cobbles together a dating life with more downs than ups and makes dubious housing choices. It's a romp through the era of aspirational yuppies outrageous shoulder pads and the wonders of office automation. You will never look at your computer the same way again. </p>