Lindsay at IHeartPgh (and this site) posted about the birth of the emoticon in Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh has long been ahead of the rest of the US in technology. With Carneige Mellon and other universities – Pittsburgh is one of the hotbeds of technology development. The emoticon story is a great, fun example of a popular technology that was born right here in Pittsburgh.
See her entire post, where she re-posted this story about the emoticon’s birthday from WTAE.
