Keepin' It Real Archives

Roger Waters & The Internet As A Divisive Force

Ten years removed, Roger Waters’ explanation for why he is taking The Wall allbum on tour is a remarably prescient document about how the Internet can become a force for division.

Throwback Thursday: 90s-Era Telecommunications Via A 1960s Lens

A video made by the Post Office Research Labs in the 1960s, looking forward to what telecomms might be like in the 1990s.

Throwback Thursday: We Are Apple (Leading The Way)!

Could you have any cheesier corporate propaganda?!? Sounds suspiciously like What A Feeling, the Flashdance song.

Throwback Thursday: Homes Of The Future

A 1950s vision of the home of the future from Monsanto.

Career Threatening Fortune Cookie

A photo of a fortune cookie that will screw with you as you prepare for the biggest pitch of your career!

Throwback Thursday: 1950s Vision Of Cars Of The Future

A vision of what automobile manufacturers of the 1950s thought cars of the future would look like.

Throwback Thursday: Fashion Of The Future, Circa 1930

Looking at how people envisioned the future, disastrously wrong, is always good fun. Hey, at least they got the guys right!

Throwback Thursday: Bleeding-Edge Phone Technology, 1962

1962 telephone innovations include an early pager, long-distance dialing, and push-button dialing.

Throwback Thursday: The Future Home Computer, Circa 1967

Derek Cooper reports on Europe’s first home computer terminal. Installed in 1967 into the home of industrial consultant Rex Malik.

Bryant Gumbel & Katie Couric Can't Figure Out Internet

A clip from a 1994 Today Show episode of Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric struggling to understand the “Internet.”