Multimedia perhaps began with this guy

Writing For Multimedia: Great Moments In Multimedia History — I love timelines. Every once in a while you run into an interesting synopsis that is part of a college course. You never know how long these will stay up, but they are always interesting. This is multimedia 101, but I have no idea who put it up or where.

This chronology explores the origins and evolution of the components that comprise modern-day multimedia. Seemingly disparate breakthroughs often occurred within a period of months; as you’ll discover, it’s all about convergence.