How has iJustine influenced your online life?

Since this is a new community, I thought I would start a discussion.

When did you first hear about iJustine and how has she influenced your online life?

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Permalink Reply by Chic Blonde Geek on October 30, 2008 at 11:17am: She was a big inspiration. I always wanted to do something online and start something fun like a blog/website. I had just gotten my iPhone and was searching around online trying to figure out what apps I should download and I ran across her website. From then I was totally hooked! It gave me that last push I needed to get going on my own thing. You can check it out at www.chicblondegeek.com I also learned about twitter and a few other websites from her. So... thanks iJustine!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Josh (njmacguy) on October 30, 2008 at 3:54pm: I got a friend request from her a couple years ago on MySpace. Any girl who loves Apple as much as I do is totally awesome!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justine Ezarik on October 30, 2008 at 4:26pm: Ahhh the JTV days :) Those were so much fun!

Jen said:
I first found her somehow on justin.tv - I'm not really sure how that started? But I would pop in there and watch her - I don't know why, but it so fascinating to just watch someone live their life, somehow. And it was via jtv that I uncovered her blogs, videos, and now I follow her on twitter, her blog and posterous.

She got me on twitter and I casted on jtv for a while, and now I'm here. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kemics on October 30, 2008 at 5:00pm: I miss them because I was a moderator and I love to pwn newbz; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ultimate iJustine Fan on October 30, 2008 at 6:05pm: LOL. The ban hammer. I was a mod there also and after the iPhone bill video went viral there were so many freaks in the chat that the hammer broke. :)

Jen said:
Yeah - the ban hammer was unfortunately incredibly necessary on jtv... from what I hear, it has really gone downhill. :\; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Danny on October 30, 2008 at 11:11pm: Well lets see...the following is because of Justine:

- I now own an iPhone
- I now use Pano
- I use the lightsaber iPhone App
- I have become addicted to Twitter and Twitterific
- I have in return sucked in all my friends to the addiction known as Twitter
- I am obsessed with new iPhone Apps
- I use Viddler

Thanks Justine... ;); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lewis brady on October 30, 2008 at 11:53pm: i found her stylus video on a weird site then i found her on youtube and realised how old that video was :)
my online life is alot diffrent i do youtube videos now i have blog i read blogs (which before i hated the idea of) i do live shows on justin.tv and after schools out in a few months im going to start life casting so alot really; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lewis brady on October 30, 2008 at 11:55pm: oh yer and twitter, and mac i own one and like them addicted to them acutally and twitter has got addictive
lewis brady said:
i found her stylus video on a weird site then i found her on youtube and realised how old that video was :)
my online life is alot diffrent i do youtube videos now i have blog i read blogs (which before i hated the idea of) i do live shows on justin.tv and after schools out in a few months im going to start life casting so alot really; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gemzor on October 31, 2008 at 12:51am: I just admire someone who's brave enough to post themselves on YouTube or whatever and get themselves out there, especially as Justine is all about computing and technology which is supposed to be a 'mans world', so I have a lot of respect for her.
I'd love to be able to do the same thing but it looks like there's only room for one iJustine around here :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kemics on October 31, 2008 at 5:05am: The ban hammer was my favorite... I loved my ban hammer, I've had it bronzed and it's on my mantle...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justine Ezarik on October 31, 2008 at 11:11am: You can be iGemzor!! :P Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot!

Gemzor said:
I just admire someone who's brave enough to post themselves on YouTube or whatever and get themselves out there, especially as Justine is all about computing and technology which is supposed to be a 'mans world', so I have a lot of respect for her.
I'd love to be able to do the same thing but it looks like there's only room for one iJustine around here :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ultimate iJustine Fan on October 31, 2008 at 11:31am: I forgot to mention my first experience with Justine.

Back in June 2007 I was working at a software company when a coworker walked into my office and told me there was this video that I had to watch. I am always for a good clip to make me laugh. He explained it was some girl with a live webcam. First thought (knowing the guy) was that it was NSFW but he insisted it was.

I had never heard of JTV let alone iJustine prior and from the moment I logged in, I was hooked. The whole idea of a lifecast fascinated me. Sure part of the interest was in watching a cute blonde all day but since she was sitting in a coffee shop or in her apt editing vids all day, there was no real excitement. I figured this would be something that would go on for a week or two and she would lose interest. I didn't know this was going to be iJustine's springboard. I bought a domain name or three since I am a junkie for them and I threw together a quick blog about iJustine.

I loved to write but never had anything that excited me enough to write about. Justine changed all of that. Like a muse she did things that made me want to write about them. From her antics on the cam to her blog posts. iJustine spawned a whole series of events for me to grow creatively.

Sure, I have been influenced by Justine to signup for multiple social media sites, get an iPhone and even watch random shows like Arrested development but all in all, Justine got me to open my eyes to an entire subculture online that was was oblivious to.

Justine was just a girl on my monitor for the most part until I tracked her down one day in SF and got to meet her IRL. You never know how situations like that are going to turn out but she was so friendly and sincere that I was convinced Justine was someone I should keep an eye on. Thankfully, I already had the site and once she left JTV and started doing more and more projects, she has given me countless amounts of ideas to write about in her fan blog.

Justine, you're the best and I know all of your fans wish you all the success in the world. 5 years from now when you are a household name, I am going to tell people that I knew you would be a star.; ▶ Reply to This