Picture seventy years back, a family gathered together by the big cabinet-sized radio, listening to a speech from FDR.
Picture almost forty years ago, a gathering of friend around the black and white TV, watching a broadcast of the moon landing.
Picture today, a department in our company, all watching the download of Obama's speech in Berlin on their laptops.
These are shared moments, where media works.
More later,
Born in the 1900s
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Or: How old am I, really? I’m seeing this a lot of late, and it bugs me. It
bugs me enough that I got out my trusty Chicago Manual of Style, 18th
edition, ...
2 days ago