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Perspectives from the End of a Generation
As a person born in 1980, I fall at the end of Generation X and the beginning of Generation Y or the Millennial Generation. This gives me a unique perspective on life that I’d like to share from my generation. Sometimes it can be fun to get a little perspective. Age gives us this view.…
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Gross Songs Kids Love
The first book I ever wrote was a collection of lewd songs children sing in grade school called Gross Songs Kids Love. However, due to file mismanagement and The White Album Problem, I no longer have the book. It was originally written in PFS Write on a Zenith personal computer with a 5 MB hard…
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty debuted in the United States on December 25, 2013. This review focuses on the how the film is an essay on the transition from analog to digital – made for and by the children of the 70’s (otherwise known as Generation X), the “analog vs. digital” and “disrespect for…
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Are Common Sayings Useful?
When something hasn’t been accomplished, a common saying is: We can land a man on the moon, but we can’t…” What would we be saying if this had never happened? When something new is released, a common saying is: The best thing since sliced bread.” Before sliced bread you had to slice your own bread.…
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Stereotypes
Stereotypes of young professionals I learned last night from interaction with some college kids last night at a meetup: They think being an entrepreneur means coding an app. They don’t know how to make paper airplanes. They use their Mac laptops as word processors. They use Twitter to communicate (via app on their phones, not…
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Personal Computing
I recently wrote about the first computer I ever used (a Timex Sinclair TS-1000), but recently felt inclined to share my personal version of the PC, Internet, and Mobile revolutions. Although much has been written about this period between 1980 and 2010, I felt that, like the rapid advances in transportation, we are in a…
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The Future Was Now
In the summer of 1988, my parents bought a Chevy Suburban and drove our whole family down to Walt Disney World (the only time we ever went). My dad worked for GM at the time and so when we got to the Epcot Center, we got to cut in line to the now closed, World…
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The Epic Generation: From the Garden to the City
“You know I always wanted to pretend that I was an architect.” – George Costanza, Seinfeld Nathan Norris recently wrote an article entitled, “Why Generation Y is Causing the Great Migration of the 21st Century” about ‘under 30’s’ moving into the cities and driving less – the new migration into urban spaces. Norris writes, “At…
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80′s Toy The Original Roller Racer Flying Turtle
I have been searching for this triangle-shaped, red seated toy that has a handlebar underneath that you swivel to go forward with called a Roller Racer scooter – and thanks to Email to Action, I finally found it, so I wanted to share.