My start with desktop publishing – and computers…
I was listening to a podcast today and someone mentioned doing ‘desktop publishing’ in the early 90s. My own memories suddenly came rushing back of my own start in ‘desktop publishing’. Mrs. Larraine Anderson’s Journalism class at Liberty Union High School in 1991. It was the class that produced the school newspaper – “The Lion’s […]
Dating nearby…
I was recently out with friends and start talking to a woman I met, who asked what I like to do for fun… I didn’t have an answer ready and I don’t think "working on content for websites" and "playing with the laser cutter" are very compelling to a woman looking to date. In the […]
Video Toaster
Wow… I used the Video Toaster by NewTek back in 1991 in high school. The Amiga computer was still fairly new. I played this demo VHS tape over and over and over… it was so exciting to watch back then. Since then, the voice over on this video has popped into my head a thousand […]
Mobile phone etiquette… ?
Two mobile phone etiquette questions: Do you answer the phone saying ‘Hi Marty’, or just ‘Hello?’ When a call drops, who should call back? Do you answer the phone saying ‘Hi Marty’, or just ‘Hello?’ For the first question, I’ve been trying to decide this for myself for a long time. Most of us who […]
Tycho’s BBS
Tycho’s BBS (Tychos Computer Express) was an old Bulletin Board System that I used back in the early 90’s. It was a "chat board" where you could chat with people who also dialed up to the board. Lots of memories of chatting with those people for MANY hours. This was long before the internet was […]