SAN FRANCISCO - Mike Kuniavsky is one of those select few who've been able to stay abreast of the possibilities the Internet presented from its emergence in the early '90s. “I don't want to say I've been at the forefront of everything," said Kuniavsky, a San Francisco resident. “But I try to be in the group of early adopters."
After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in computer science and film/video studies, Kuniavsky became part of the initial wave of Internet aficionados in the early '90s, joining Presence, one of the first established Web design companies that helped create interactive programs such as Shopping Cart.
Later, he spent time as an interaction designer at Hot Bot, one of the first Internet search engines, and HotHotHot, an e-commerce site that was also one of the first of its kind.