How the world looked like before the Internet
Thanks to Emmanuel, also a blogger on Tech IT Easy, for pointing this video to me. Have you ever tried to recall how the world went round before we had cell phones, laser printers, wireless and unlimited bandwidth at a fixed subscription price? Well if not, then this video might prove enlightening..& funny (I had AOL, a landline Internet connexion, & a matrix printer too). I’m pretty sure my youngest sister never used a public phone by the way. I should ask.
Anyways, I’m interested in your experience if you used to work in a world virgin of emails, search engines and cellphones.
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Guys, the video has been removed from YouTube, but you may find it here.
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Please no more collegehumor vids. I’ve watched 3 in the last 2 weeks and they were all equally unfunny.
As for your question, thankfully I moved into the information-age, just after BBS’s were out and Hotmail and Yahoo! were all the rage.
And I also think that life wasn’t so bad pre-high bandwidth. We’re more stressed than ever and worried about stuff like too much email, news, and whether Leopard’s menu-bar is too transparent. Life before was, not simpler, but much more to the point.
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