Dial phones. Typewriters. Black-and-white TVs (that got three channels). Stick shifts. Pong. Think back ... What relic from our past could our grandchildren not possibly imagine today? We call this kind of prompt a quick take, designed to elicit stories you can write in 15 minutes or less. Share that forgotten world forward.
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That Was Then, This Is Now (13 Stories)
Dial phones. Typewriters. Black-and-white TVs (that got three channels). Stick shifts. Pong. Think back ... What relic from our past could our grandchildren not possibly imagine today? We call this kind of prompt a quick take, designed to elicit stories you can write in 15 minutes or less. Share that forgotten world forward.
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More than one (older) person I know has reflected on the shortened time-frame that we all take for granted today. We get instant news from that third-cousin you met once at a family gathering. We can read tweets from famous people and comment on them the next day at work. We can find and discover…
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