How did this Smileys, emoticons and computer jargon language start?
On the web, we find different results on who actually invented Smileys. The very earliest known examples of the graphic are attributed to Harvey Ball, a commercial artist in Worcester, Massachusetts. He devised the face in 1963 for an insurance firm that wanted an internal campaign to improve employee morale. Harveys idea was that for at least one day each year, neither should we. He declared that the first Friday in October each year would henceforth be World Smile Day. The first World Smiley Day took place in Worcester, MA on October 1, 1999. The smiley face knows no politics, no geography and no religion. This day today is celebrated as World Smiley Day and the theme of Harvey Ball’s site for 2008 is ‘Do an Act of Kindness, Help one person smile.’ Later on in 1970, popularized by Bernard and Murray Spain who produce buttons, coffee mugs, T shirts, bumper stickers, etc with ‘Have a Happy Day’ In 1981, Smileys were used by Scott Fahlman and here is his website with info. Here is the o
