Many Twitter users embrace the technology as a way of feeling “ambient intimacy.” via Twitter: What is it good for?: Scientific American Blog.
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“Imagine, if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to see the day’s newspaper. Well, it’s not as far-fetched as it may seem.” Thus begins this video of a 1981 KRON report predicting the rise of news reporting on the internet. via You Need […]
1981 TV report on birth of Internet news [techcrunch.com]
Meet “The Colonel.” He’s a pretty dapper guy. via Nieman Reports Article.