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Sloppy Copies, Stalled Calls

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are discussing if we remember how life was before everything was electronic and portable. Boy, do I! No young person can imagine how hard it was to communicate over distances before express mail, email, instant messaging, cheap … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, Family, inspiration, Life, publishing, Tonette Joyce, traditional publishing, writing, youth | Tagged card catalogs, catalogs, Dick Tracy, Dick Tracy Two-Way Wrist Radio, electronic type writers, Idaho, King of the Road, long-distance phone calls, mimeograph, off-hour phone calls, operator assisted phone calls, photostatic copies, Roger Miller, School days. Elementary school, word processors | 12 Comments

Easy Reader

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

We’re talking e-readers this week, any and all kinds. I have to admit when I was young and saw the people on Star Trek with access to entire libraries on small, flat devices, I thought it was purely science fiction, … Continue reading →