Internet historian Mindy Seu at her apartment before premiering her performance "A Sexual History of the Internet" at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. (Carlin Stiehl / For The Times) The technologist ...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, AOL's Instant Messenger introduced millions of people to the internet—and the idea that you were always online, even when you were "away." An Alternative History Of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The technologist and professor Mindy Seu was having drinks when her friend casually referred to the phone as a sex ...