Early adopter of message boards and gophers myself - mostly as a family history nerd, but it also led me to exploring new social media platforms and alt-worlds for journalism and news distribution (as well as entertainment). Today's digital world honestly scares me - especially with AI's potential to erase truth and create false "realities." I'm feeling an urge to hoard hard copies as information disappears on the Internet - especially on official government websites these days. Hang in there, Steve.
I was a Twitter skeptic until I discovered how it reliably provided alerts and up-to-date info. It was simple, basic communication, which is often the most effective (not unlike CW in ham radio).
BTW, your digital purse idea reminds me of the mainframe computer sub-accounts we had as students in the punch-card era at Virginia Tech. You had to hope you could complete the assignment using the allotted $5 or face having to beg the professor for additional "funds"--a frequent fear for my engineering student friends.
Typo: "speedy new?" should be "speedy news?".
Early adopter of message boards and gophers myself - mostly as a family history nerd, but it also led me to exploring new social media platforms and alt-worlds for journalism and news distribution (as well as entertainment). Today's digital world honestly scares me - especially with AI's potential to erase truth and create false "realities." I'm feeling an urge to hoard hard copies as information disappears on the Internet - especially on official government websites these days. Hang in there, Steve.
I was a Twitter skeptic until I discovered how it reliably provided alerts and up-to-date info. It was simple, basic communication, which is often the most effective (not unlike CW in ham radio).
BTW, your digital purse idea reminds me of the mainframe computer sub-accounts we had as students in the punch-card era at Virginia Tech. You had to hope you could complete the assignment using the allotted $5 or face having to beg the professor for additional "funds"--a frequent fear for my engineering student friends.