By Professor David E. Weber and Bruce Sallan
Tag Archives: The Evolution of Technology
The Evolution of Technology: Home Movies
by Professor David E. Weber and Bruce Sallan
Our technology series continues a bit more on target by remembering the early days of home movies. We mean “movies” like in film, like in 16-mm, 8-mm and Super Eight, which were the primary sizes/forms when home movies were introduced. Professor Weber will lead off with his recollections and memories of this long-gone technology:
A projector casting flickering images onto a flimsy portable screen in a darkened living room: we called it watching home movies, once the only way an amateur filmmaker or chronicler of family life could work with the moving image.
The Evolution of Technology: The Television Movie aka Movies-of-the-Week
By Professor David E. Weber and Bruce Sallan
The Evolution of Technology series continues with a detour to a form of television that is largely extinct: The Television Movie. Also known as Movies-of-the-Week, they were once a staple of the major networks’ schedules back in the days before Fox, Cable, and even VCRs, let alone DVRs. It was also the focus of my first career for a quarter century. Look me up on IMDB or Wikipedia to learn of my sordid past in showbiz!
The Evolution of Technology: #Coffee
The Evolution of Technology blog series is written by Bruce Sallan and Professor David E. Weber
Our series continues with the evolution of home coffee machines. Is there anything more ubiquitous in our lives? Oh yeah, television…but we did that already. How often do you buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks? Ever think about what that costs on an annual basis? We’ll look at that but, first let’s hear from Professor Weber.
The Evolution of Technology: #Watches
My first and likely my only Tourbillon watch
The Evolution of Technology blog series is written by Bruce Sallan and Professor David E. Weber
Our series continues with one of my favorite old tech devices: the watch. Yeah, a watch: analog and perhaps one you had to wind (do kids know what that means?). I had a love affair with watches when I was a kid so this will be a fun column to write!
The Evolution of Technology: Audio Tape
The Evolution of Technology series continues with Audio Tape, co-written by Professor David E. Weber and myself.
Who remembers reel-to-reel tape recorders? How about 8-Track cassettes AND the sound they made when they switched from one to another of the four “tracks?” Regular audiocassettes, remember those? There was a time, when we had vinyl LPs aka record albums and ONLY various forms of audiotape. But, I’m dating myself yet again.
Professor Weber will weigh in with his thoughts later in this column.
The Evolution of Technology: The Answering Machine
The Evolution of Technology series continues with The Answering Machine. Professor David E. Weber will largely write this column, with an introduction and closing by me. I have to include a short video of a message that Professor left – years ago – which he probably doesn’t even remember leaving on his answering machine.
The Evolution of Technology: Rotary Telephone
Old Rotary Dial Telephone credit to R Sull
This Evolution of Technology series article focuses on the rotary telephone or as our guest co-author Professor Weber likes to refer to our recent old telephone past – Reflections on Prehistoric Telecommunications. Professor Weber leads off:
