Small computers, hand-held phones? No way!
Technology, while wonderful, is often so much more than we ever expected. A few decades back, no one imagined laptop computers, smart cellphones, the Internet explosion, et cetera. Editor Don Whitten writes about some of the changes that have affected the newspaper world that he’d have never dreamed off during his early days as a reporter. (September 6, 2012, Page 4)
Where did all the owner’s manuals go?
One thing that’s missing, more often than not, in boxes and packages containing new products is an instruction or owner’s manual. Editor Don Whitten keeps looking for them and wondering how you’re supposed to know all about a gadget, game or whatever without those little booklets. (January 13, 2012, Page 4A)
Keeping that want of wonder
Local columnist T.J. Ray writes to say that we all should work to overcome the fact that the speed of life today seems to leave us little time to wonder. (November 17, 2011, Page 4)
Jobs’ move sparks memories of barrel of Apples
Remember your first Apple computer? Or was it, by then, called a Mac? Perhaps your first Apple product had the “i” in front of it, as in iMac, iPod, iPhone or iPad? Editor Don Whitten, after learning of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ stepping down, recalls his first Apple computer from nearly three decades ago. (August 29, 2011, Page 4A)
Tokyo software company expands to Oxford
Axsh Co. LTD., a Japanese software technology company specializing in distributed computing solutions, announced Monday afternoon the expansion of its company to the United States with Axsh North America Inc., coming to Oxford. Michael Sullivan, CEO of Axsh North America, and Yasuhiro Yamazaki, CEO of Axsh Co. LTD., and chairman of the board for Axsh North America, presented the idea behind the new business at the University of Mississippi’s Small Business Development Center. (June 7, 2011, Page 1)
