How do you explain a buffer? If you were my grandmother, you would believe it to be some soft, fuzzy utensil used to polish something. “Bring me the buffer, I need to wax the car,” she would say. A computer programmer would find himself completely perplexed at such a request.
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It’s coming! I can feel it! The next generation of mobile technology is going to be unveiled soon and you’re reading about it here first!
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The timing was perfect. Computers were experiencing their first explosion, with more and more people recognizing how valuable the devices could be. The Internet existed, but the Web was still years away. The magazine I edited provided vital water to a thirsty readership.
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Once upon a time, I was the editor of a computer magazine. I should write computor magazine, because it was called ComputorEdge, a weekly publication available in San Diego from 1983 through 2007.
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Computer buying reached a frenzy between 1998 and 2002. At the time, PCs were stupidly cheap, most of them going for a few hundred dollars. The low price was offset by an obligation for a couple years subscription to an Internet service. All those computers should be dead by now, which means a great chunk of computer users in the world have to consider the New Computer Buying ordeal.
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I suppose I’ve always been a gadget freak. Now that smartphone and tablets are here, the need to carry several distinct gizmos no longer exists. The old gizmos I once carried, however, are still lingering in the boneyard. Come have a peek!
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Here it is at the dawn of May and Verizon hasn’t introduced a new phone since 2012. Wazzup?
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