In today’s NYTimes the obituary of Dr. Edward Roberts, inventor of the Altair 8800 microcomputer. He worked in the early years with Gates and Allen , who wrote something called “Microsoft Basic” for the little machine, and then it was off from microcomputers for hobbyists to personal computers for consumers and the world. So this guy Roberts sold his business for a tidy sum, went to medical school in the late 80′s and became a family practitioner! Still tinkering in his spare time, making stuff. Reminds me in his interests and approach to life (moving on) of my dad, my people, really. Tinkerers and jettisoners of the past. A real American of the male persuasion.
And what has this done to/for all of us in the arts? Changed everything of course. I could do without the barrage of ads on the internet, though.