Blog Created 1/13/2022 for HIS5067

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Maitland A&H Blog Entry 1: Far Away Tech

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With our research project on the Maitland A&H Telephone Museum, Joseph and I have decided to split the two essential questions the project is asking and have each of us focus on one question before converging our information within a shared Google document to establish the larger historical themes of cellular technology. This will work perfectly - Joseph is a social historian who will better define the social and economic implications of still-existent payphones in the United States, while I enjoy the history of technology and can trace the explosive development of cellular technology within the last 100 years. We will further discuss our approach and research on Monday.  At first, I was worried I was not going to be entirely interested in the history of cellular technology because cellular technology is something I have been surrounded with every day since I was born. Cell phones, cell towers, wireless devices, satellites, and smartphones are all things I am well acquainted wi...
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Maitland A&H Project Blog Entry 3 - Moving Along

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We are moving along well with our Telephone Museum project – Joseph is continuing to delve into the reasons that payphones still exist in the US today, while I am continuing to research the social implications of cellular technology and its more contemporary technological evolutions. We discussed deliverables in class, and I think I will be utilizing a basic report format to disseminate my information on the evolution of cellular technology but will also try to create an interactive timeline that can house the social implications of the technology in an easy to read manner. I think pairing a basic report with the interactive “clickable” timeline will help articulate this dense wealth of information in the most palatable and interesting way. Some websites I am considering for the timeline are: https://www.sutori.com/en/story/timeline-template--8Ce6i7GEYDxa4EUvtLXnoPuH https://www.visme.co/search-templates/?search=timeline Google Sheets timeline I have a pretty full-fledged vie...
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