Jon's Blog

I think that I each of our lives we have a handful of moments that define us. Sometimes it's being in the right (or wrong) place at the right time, some times it's what life throws at us. When I was very young, probably elementary school, on a few occasions I went to visit my grandfather when he was at work. He worked for South Central Bell, one of the AT&T regional operating companies. I don't remember much about why I was there, but I remember seeing all that STUFF. I remember the sounds, the lights, the hum of machinery. It's a vague memory now, but it fascinated me. I'm pretty sure that set me on a course toward technology, even if I didn't yet know it. Second, Christmas 1978. My brother and I got a Magnavox Odyssey game console. Boy did we fight over that thing. We both wanted to play it all the time. I only remember two cartridges that we had. K.C. Munchkin, the Pac-Man knockoff, and Computer Programming. My brother played the game, I tried to under...