@nitinkhanna With the old flip phones, there was no danger. You could hold it in your hand on your lap and hammer out messages without even looking or paying attention to it. I'd wager smartphones have made this MORE dangerous.
// @matigo
@matigo iOS is starting to remind me of Linux a few years back. Updates that would blow chunks all over the room and leave you in a panic.
@matigo Mine was a bit…squirrely…after the update. Seemed to right itself after a shutdown/restart or two.
@matigo I suspect the reason it never dawns on me how far back some of the things I worked with are is that I am still somewhat current.
If I were to step away from all technology for a few years, it would suddenly be more clear.
// @kdfrawg
@matigo …I had mixed emotions about the Internet back then. Mostly because I knew that it catching on would kill the really cool community that sprung up around ARPANet.
@matigo Me and @kdfrawg are very close to being the old guys in the park reminiscing about trench warfare experiences in WW1 France.
@matigo Had a bunch of topic-specific channels. loads of traffic for a while in the mid 1990s. The central and western US BBSes seemed to favor it for a while. I got involved while I was living in Oklahoma.
@matigo I ran a small node off a town hub. Acted as a relay to get across the river to Ohio without long distance charges.
It was comically primitive compared to what e have today but I still think the communication was a Hell of a lot more meaningful.