When I was in 6th grade (~1993), someone's dad came to talk about our class about the "superhighway of information" or the "information highway". It always bugged me that he didn't say "information superhighway".

It always bugged me EVERY time ANYONE every used the term "Information Superhighway" -- and still does.

Marketing people make me want to puke -- that's where terminology like that comes from. Just call it the internet and be done with it already!

Oh, and get off my lawn! xD

Does anyone still use "Information Superhighway" anymore? I think most people just say "internet".

However in the 90's that analogy helped many non-technical people understand how to think about the internet. Back then did you have a better analogy?

BTW, as a marketing guy, it always bugs me every time anyone uses the term "marketing" when they mean "advertising". I'm not referring to you/your post but rather a general trend on HN and elsewhere.

When I throw darts at marketing, I mean marketing, not advertising. I know the difference. Nice try though, marketing guy.

As long as you know the difference you can throw all the darts you want.

It makes me think of watching Zoom on PBS as a little kid. Ask your parents before going online!

Well, they were both designed with nukes in mind :)

you mean the World Wide Web right? The internet is just the backbone.