On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Jay West <jw...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> There's just gotta be some way to tie this thread back to on-topicness. > > > But it is intriguing to see the computer as pop-culture artifact within a broader grouping of like artifacts. (You're welcome, Jay.) In my academic work, I use the term 'consumer computer' rather than 'personal computer' because the latter term is so overloaded and controversial. The Commodore was one of the earliest consumer computers, sold in department stores to families rather than in computer stores to cognoscenti. I do have to say, though, that in the '80s many if not most phones had transitioned to touch-tone 'dialing' (what a delightfully archaic term!). Nit picked. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
