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Happy B-Day E-Mail (+/- two months)
It was 30 years ago today (+/- two months) that e-mail was invented by Ray Tomilson at BBN causing profound changes in how people interact with each other -- from a NYT article on it:
David Walden, an engineer who worked at Bolt, Beranek & Newman (BBN) with Mr. Tomlinson in the 1970's, recalled a turning point of sorts for him. "I remember when I realized that I could apologize in writing for a problem and thus make the situation better," he said, "and the person I was working with couldn't see me and thus couldn't read my body language, that I didn't' really feel contrite," he said."
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NYT article for more detail.
Posted by Raffi Krikorian on December 06, 2001 11:14 AM
