John Bredehoft has a creative two-part post comparing technology in 2011 and 1981. Focus is on the change in portability – the ease of getting news anywhere and being able to reach someone anywhere.
What if modern portability existed, or didn’t exist, 30 years ago?
More on changes in portability
Communication then:
“Do you need a phone?” asked Joe. He pointed to the wall. “There’s a pay phone right over there, but it’s a ripoff. They raised the charge from ten cents to twenty-five cents. AT&T is such a robber baron. They oughta break it up.”
What we have now, as heard by 1981 ears:
“No eye phone, no why fie, no Google Plus. Heck, no Google. Not even A Oh El. No Mac. No hard drive on an IBM P C.”