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The Forgotten War on the Walkman
The Sony Walkman is now iconic of the 1980s, eliciting nostalgia for the โgood old daysโ of owning music, rather than renting it.
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June 2025
The War on Artificial Ice
Before artificial meat was attacked as โunnaturalโ by incumbents, artificial ice was also.
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May 2025
Audio Version: Thinking Different is Never Popular (at First)
A podcast version of our most recent post using NotebookLM - weโve vetted for mistakes/misquotes and errors.
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Thinking Different is Never Popular (at First)
โThink Differentโ is Appleโs iconic motto, capturing the essence of what made it one of the worldโs most beloved brandsโoften overlooked is how muchโฆ
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April 2025
Thomas Jefferson Hated Kids Reading Novels
Over two hundred years ago - in 1818 - Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter in which he communicated his distaste for โkids these daysโ reading too manyโฆ
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The Saxophone Theory of Everything
The โSmartphone theory of everythingโ - the notion smartphones can be wholly or partly blamed for many negative ailments of modern society isโฆ
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The War on Internet Phone Calls
When long distance telephone companies tried to thwart online telephony
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The War on Internet Phone Calls (Audio)
An audio podcast version of our latest newsletter for paid subscribers about the war on internet telephone calls.
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February 2025
The UK Invented Modern Encryption, then Kept it Secret
Apple and the UK government are now in a pitched battle over encryption, which reminded us of a forgotten detail of encryption historyโฆ
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When Hollywood Union Members Embraced Artificial Music
In 1929, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) railed against the growing trend of recorded music in movie theaters instead of live musicians - aโฆ
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January 2025
Why Steve Wozniak Dismissed PCs and Steve Jobs Didn't
In March 1976 Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak presented the design of a circuit board for an early home PC at the now legendary โHomebrew Computer Clubโฆ
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December 2024
New Year Resolutions of Old: Once Vices Now Virtues
In centuries past, things considered virtuous today; reading, cycling, listening to radio or playing chess were deemed by some as unhealthy vices or aโฆ
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