more nostalgia - the bbc has created the tomorrow's world archive.
to publicise it here's a compilation of tomorrow's world clips from the 60s and 70s. the first home computer terminal, a mobile phone with a dial, moog synthesiser, and some failures.
love the groovy credits of this 1965 episode. as for the content, it's fascinating to see things being thought about for the first time, but the pace is glacial by today's standards. elsewhere, paying by debit card and pin number make their debut in 1969, and a 1979 prototype of the mobile phone has a dial and curly cord like recent novelty handsets. notice how weird it seemed at the time to be able to roam freely while talking on the phone.
SO sad, can't watch in USA
http://screencast.com/t/s6QLVoOyoZ6z
Posted by: twitter.com/dealingwith | September 16, 2009 at 03:59 AM
damn! maybe i need a separate webcam linked into skype so i can point it at the screen while the clips are playing and you can see it!
Posted by: steve collins | September 17, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Steve - if you walked around with a webcam attached to your computer, people might think you're a PC user. Are you sure you could live with that shame?
Perhaps you could videotape yourself watching it (maybe add hand puppets) and then send it along. Or maybe not.
I tried several Google attempts but all links went back to the BBC and apparently they don't want to share this sucker.
Posted by: becky | September 28, 2009 at 01:59 PM