Having been inspired by the keen observations and ready wit of my dear friends and dearer relations, I begin anew to write. This journal will seek to take a look at this new millennium as it begins to take shape.
In my lifetime thus far, I have seen remarkable changes in communication. Once, most homes had a single telephone (INSTRUMENT-- let alone phone line), with the line often a party line, and the instrument itself with a rotary dial.
Today, a party line might refer to a political agenda or a Conga line dance, but rarely to telecommunications.
I remember when the Princess phone
and then Touch Tone phone
were innovations.
Now, there are cells, razors, Blackberries, iPhones.
Amazing.
When I was a kid:
cell
or
When I was young: blackberry
When I was young: razor
As for an "Apple iPhone", in my younger days I could only have imagined that such a phrase would be some kind of rebus; yet just now the introduction of this newest communications tool is hailed as nothing less than revolutionary.
"It's a product of mythical proportions, " says Entner, senior vice president of IAG Research. "They're not saying the iPhone will cure cancer and bring world peace, but that it will do everything else."
It's been said change is the only constant. Let's see how much we can notice while we are in the midst of it.
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