Smiley Emoticon Turns 25
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Today marks the official 25th anniversary of the first emoticon, also known as the smiley face. Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott Fahlman claims to be the inventor of this emoticon, a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis, where on this day a quarter-century ago, he placed it in a message that was posted on a message board.
Love it or hate it, the smiley is well embedded into our cultural syntax at this point and today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first appearance. Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says he was the first to use the now ubiquitous keystrokes that gave birth to a whole range of emoticons.
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