Texting circa 1906
How little things change. At least they’re not sexting. Source: Buzzfeed.com via IHeartChaos. Cross-posted in different form on Infoglut Tumblr.
Tag Archives: History
Get out of jail free: how the WWII Allies used the game Monopoly to help POWs escape
Most of us think of Monopoly as a board game. Intellectual Property folk also think of it as a source of IP issues: trademarks in the name, trade dress of the game, copyright, and even patents. But how about this: a POW escape kit? Megan Garber writes in the Atlantic about how the WWII Allies used […]
The hindsight of archives: “Popular Science” & incorrect technology predictions
Sci-fi and tech site IO9.com reports that Popular Science Magazine is now making its archives available online dating back to 1872. The archives can be searched either at the magazine’s website or via Google Books. In the archive, I was able to quickly find articles of historical interest, each showing a technological prediction that didn’t […]
250 years of Pittsburgh innovation
I’m originally from Pittsburgh, a town whose greatness goes beyond the Steelers, great pizza, and the world-famous Primanti’s sandwich. Here’s a great video of a quarter-millennium of Pittsburgh innovation, from the Heinz History Center: