{"id":2583,"date":"2021-08-23T07:41:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T05:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/23\/victor-keegan-they-gave-me-a-demo-and-showed-me-things-i-couldnt-believe\/"},"modified":"2021-08-23T07:41:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T05:41:05","slug":"victor-keegan-they-gave-me-a-demo-and-showed-me-things-i-couldnt-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/23\/victor-keegan-they-gave-me-a-demo-and-showed-me-things-i-couldnt-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Keegan: \u2018They gave me a demo and showed me things I couldn\u2019t believe\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The correspondent who went on to put the first Guardian content online recalls the chance news item in 1981 that opened up the possibilities of home computing and kicked off the paper\u2019s dedicated coverage of a social revolution<\/p>\n

Technology isn\u2019t a beat with a natural affinity for nostalgia. The industry thrives on its futuristic image, worships boy-CEOs and renders the past obsolete at a frightening pace.<\/p>\n

Even in the eight years I\u2019ve sat on the Guardian\u2019s technology desk, the field I cover is frequently unrecognisable from what it was when I started \u2013 a world where self-driving cars were just around the corner, where virtual reality was an impressive technology that had failed to catch on with normal people, and where the world was starting to tire of the like-clockwork appearance of a new iPhone every 12 months.<\/p>\n

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\nThe correspondent who went on to put the first Guardian content online recalls the chance news item in 1981 that opened up the possibilities of home computing and kicked off the paper\u2019s dedicated coverage of a social revolution
\nTechnology isn\u2019t a beat with a natural affinity for nostalgia. The industry thrives on its futuristic image, worships boy-CEOs and renders the past obsolete at a frightening pace.
\nEven in the eight years I\u2019ve sat on the Guardian\u2019s technology desk, the field I cover is frequently unrecognisable from what it was when I started \u2013 a world where self-driving cars were just around the corner, where virtual reality was an impressive technology that had failed to catch on with normal people, and where the world was starting to tire of the like-clockwork appearance of a new iPhone every 12 months. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The correspondent who went on to put the first Guardian content online recalls the chance news item in 1981 that opened up the possibilities of home computing and kicked off the paper\u2019s dedicated coverage of a social revolution Technology isn\u2019t a beat with a natural affinity for nostalgia. The industry thrives on its futuristic image, …<\/p>\n

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