The Sound of Connection

I was a quiet gamer kid, poking around in windows and loving the art side of games. One year, we started with IT Classes and programming in Pascal - I was hooked! I couldn’t stop thinking about it, debugging code of classmates and even teaching them! Then we moved to HTML. I wanted a website, a personal space that I own, and where I can share my inner fun world. DarkShadows was born, an online radio for my crew.
Weekends, I broadcasted teenage nonsense (the one topic I remember? Debating whether dating was worth the cost of tissues). Listeners could text or even call in. It wasn’t huge, there were never more than 30 listeners, but it felt like a community, it felt alive. I told my IT teacher about it and she asked to show the class. “It’s just a tweaked template..”
“YOU tweaked it.” she replied. She presented it with enthusiasm that could fuel a power plant and the class? Indifferent. But seeing someone that passionate about tech? It stuck with me.