Personal Tech History—Graphic Pages & Series of Blog Posts

March 1st, 2006

Recently I got a new computer. That got me thinking about all the other PCs I’ve had, which prompted me to think it would be nice to have a timeline showing them.

Then it occurred to me that I could use MindManager to gather the info and create the page.

So I made this:

And this:

To go along with these graphics, I’ve written a series of posts about my personal history with personal technology. I’ve included entries on my experience with:

  • digital cameras,
  • smartphones & PDAs, and
  • PCs.
  • Plus I’ve written:

  • a general biographical account of my experience with IT.
  • The timeline is a very large clickable image map—a single, wide graphic. No doubt it won’t look good (or probably display at all) on a Treo screen. It barely fits on my 17″ HP laptop screen. It may look bad on any monitor that’s not widescreen. I may tinker with the layout later. I plan to add links to bigger versions of the images, and I’d like to add the specs on each device pictured. I may put each category on a separate page.

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