Technologizer by Harry McCracken – A Smarter Take on Tech
Nov 17, 2024 · Okay, maybe “lost” is overstating things. Still, I tend to forget about most of the stuff I write the moment I’m done with it. So I certainly don’t have vivid recollections of writing …
About Technologizer and Harry
Photo by Marie Domingo I'm Harry McCracken, founder and editor of Technologizer. My life's work is helping people get more out of the technology in their lives, a job I'm very lucky to …
It’s Selectric! IBM’s Classic Typewriter Turns Fifty
Jul 27, 2011 · 32 Comments For This Post. Steve Wildstrom Says: July 27th, 2011 at 4:47 am. The Selectric even had a brief life as a computer terminal. When I was using the Michigan …
A Brief History of the Rise and Fall of Telephone Competition in …
Mar 20, 2011 · So much for quiet Sundays. AT&T announced today that it's agreed to acquire T-Mobile US from Deutsche Telekom, a merger which, if completed, will make it by far the …
Polaroid’s SX-70: The Art and Science of the Nearly Impossible
Jun 8, 2011 · But greatness isn’t a popularity contest–not primarily one, at least. Maybe it has more to do with the concept expressed by Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law: making technology …
Behold the lost TIME.com Technologizer columns
Feb 29, 2024 · Okay, maybe "lost" is overstating things. Still, I tend to forget about most of the stuff I write the moment I'm done with it. So I certainly don't have vivid recollections of writing …
"Whatever Happened to…?"
Mar 26, 2009 · Old computer products, like old soldiers, never die. They stay on the market--even though they haven't been updated in eons. Or their names get slapped on new products- …
The Secret Origin of Windows - technologizer.com
Nov 20, 2010 · [A NOTE FROM HARRY: Windows 1.0 shipped on November 20th, 1985, which means that Microsoft's operating system turns 25 today. Let's celebrate by revisiting this …
The Worst PC in America: A Technologizer Contest
Do you own a bad PC? A really, really bad one? It might be bad because it's antiquated, in ramshackle condition, overwhelmed with a desktop full of junky software, or just plain ugly--or …
Osborne! - Technologizer by Harry McCracken
Apr 1, 2011 · Frustrated chemical engineer Adam Osborne left Shell in 1971 and quickly reinvented himself as successful technical writer Adam Osborne. He founded Osborne & …