• by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 29, 2009

Okay, sorry, but I'm taking advantage of having the floor on this blog at OMMA Mobile to wish the Internet 'Happy Birthday.' Yes, the Internet turns 40 today, according to National Geographic.

I find it ironic that we're sitting here in Los Angeles listening to experts talk about advertising, marketing and accessing the Internet via a mobile phone. Wow, we've come a long way in 40 years.

So what's the message that started it all, you ask? "lo," according to National Geographic.

"On October 29, 1969, that message became the first ever to travel between two computers connected via the ARPANET, the computer network that would become the Internet."