Friday, January 25, 2008

All Alone Out In That Shed For Hours

Andrew Carnegie, the steel king, was also a mad wiz at the telegraph. He did his job extremely well so and continued on to the top where he made history and lots of money at the same time. His story is also very boring. The history of an invention and the similar actions taken by like minded groups or individuals after an inventions unveiling way, way back when is a sad thing to have to read, but you read it and you get the idea. Radio was something to be harnessed and played with, then totally enjoyed. TV was something to be harnessed and played with, then totally enjoyed. The internet was something…you get where I’m going with this.

Oh boys and their child-play-things, they never really get anywhere when they spend all day tinkering around. What is cool to think about is that there has always been an independent spirit lingering somewhere in the haze of radio and television’s collective history. Though it was pretty much guys out in the tool shed with no women in sight there was somehow still a great deal of progressive thinking being done from the dawn of radio communications. I think that is maybe what I can get from the subject matter other than a head ache and several hours I can’t remember. There was the little guy before there was the big guy, and even though they were all guys we can still see some thought put into what ought to be done with a medium that can bring people together as opposed to what ought to be sold with it.

No comments: