My first smartphone was in 2009 and the camera wasn't the best. I also wasn't in the habit of taking pics then either. Around 2010 a friend convinced me to join Facebook and so pictures started getting taken. So my pics go back to 2010 with a few in 2009.
I have so many macs and retro win boxes now my collection is kind of a bloated mess. I look at photos like the ones above and it reminds me of why I initially liked macs and macOS so much and how productive I was with just those. If I were to down size now, I could duplicate the above except I’d swap out the Intel MacBook with my M2 mbp and my a1047 for my dual core a1117. And I’d hold onto the Intel MacBook to use upstairs. Otherwise I could offload all my other stuff and be very content with that original setup. Being the junk junkie that I am, you bet I still have all that stuff all the way down to the desk which lives in my garage as part of my bench.
LOL! This was 2013, seven years after the first Intel Mac.
My boss at the time was not known for keeping up with the times.
I see pictures like this and I cant help but think that in just a few years between ASI and refined VR technology, everyone is just going to be standing around in goggles with unlimited, collaborative virtual spaces at their fingertips and scenes like this will be "the old way".LOL! This was 2013, seven years after the first Intel Mac.
THIS, would be back in the day.
Arizona Capitol Times, probably 2002 I think. That's me at the G4. The building was being featured in an architectural magazine so they sent pro photographers over to take pictures.
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That can't be you. There's only one display! 😁
The building itself was concrete, metal and glass. That series of windows to the left, that space ran the entire length of the building (to the breakroom which you can't see) and there were large doors behind that allowed for large deliveries. The space was where everything was sorted. ACT wasn't just a newspaper that covered the capitol, but the company offered (still does) several services to lawmakers. Briefs and summaries on bills, up to date corrections that the legislature was working on, etc.I see pictures like this and I cant help but think that in just a few years between ASI and refined VR technology, everyone is just going to be standing around in goggles with unlimited, collaborative virtual spaces at their fingertips and scenes like this will be "the old way".
What is slightly disturbing to me about this is that when I look at this picture, my old brain perceives it as a functional workspace in 2024 ... and perhaps it is now but in 5 or 10 years I think we will be in a wildly different space and photos like this will be warm comfy nostalgia fueled examples of how we used to do things and with that I will feel about a million years old.
Anyhow, I like the perspective of this photo alot. The photographer did a great job of capturing the expansive nature of the work space.
LOL! Those were early days with giant CRTs. I didn't really engage until LCD screens started coming in to my price range. Then, the hitch became the graphic cards powerful (and cheap enough). My boss in that job kept everything up to date, but I'd have been a little pressed to explain why I needed two giant CRTs even if that space could have handled it, LOL!
To save electricity costs for heating during the winter, of courseMy boss in that job kept everything up to date, but I'd have been a little pressed to explain why I needed two giant CRTs even if that space could have handled it, LOL!
Two giant CRTs sure make for a cozy place.
LOL! Sure. Considering the floor was concrete and the walls metal and glass he was probably paying a fortune in heating (and A/C in the summer!).To save electricity costs for heating during the winter, of course