Olivia Aldrich HIS5067

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...

Now that Joseph and I have established our research questions and goals, we have both gotten to work delving into the social implications of cellular technology and payphones in the United States. We are both updating our shared Google document with the variety of sources and information we find on our respective topics, enabling us both to read up on both aspects while maintaining focus on our own work.  In looking at the evolution of cellular technology, I have decided that the best approach would be to make my own timeline of cellular technology's history. The Maitland A&H Telephone Museum already has its own timeline, which ends at the Motorola DynaTAC in 1984 - there is a lot of focus on the switching room, switchboards, phone booths, and touch-tone phones within the museum's timeline and displays. Given this abundance of early cellular history within the museum, I will focus my attention on the evolution of cellular technology past 1984 to bring the timeline into the...