http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/mshahbodaghi en http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/mshahbodaghi/perils-running-blog-persians <p> I started the first Iranian online service back in 1995. soroush.com went online on March 21, 1995. It was a gathering place with live chat, backgammon and discussion forums. </p> <p>While I was hoping the discussion forums would flourish and lead to something big, it was the chat rooms that were abuzz most times. It was exciting at the time to talk live with Iranians from all over the world including Iran (Sharif University had a dial-up 9,600 bps line for the whole campus and students would use it to get into soroush). Here’s a review from March of 1996. </p><p><a href="http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/mshahbodaghi/perils-running-blog-persians">read more</a></p> http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/mshahbodaghi/perils-running-blog-persians#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:21:39 +0000 MShahbodaghi 6549 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main