The same occurs with the "smart" phone. Countless news stories, documentaries and articles herald the dawn of a new age of humanity as the time Steve Jobs trotted out on stage and dropped the noun 'iPhone' for the first time. It's as if the writers believe (for whatever reason), that some sort of cosmic shift into a new epoch occurred at that instant. Suddenly smartphones were everywhere! Even kids have them now! What a time to be alive!

Except that they were already around. Blackberry existed well before then, designed to make the lives of countless professional easier and more efficient.

Next up, dare I utter the words that will send shivers down the spine of some young millennial who doesn't remember what a cassette tape is, but will happily claim vinyl has magical properties?


Join me in Part 2.
Quaid J. Leckey