Seldom are we privy to "a moment in time" that completely changes EVERYTHING we've done before. We've had these moments all along throughout human history: candles and coal oil lamps replaced with the first twinge of light from a light bulb. Horse and buggy, along with trains being stopped by the turning over of the automobile engine. Primary sources of information have gone from Western Union, Pony Express, and the US Mail to Television, Radio, and the Internet. Today, is the death of radio as we know it. For many years, it has been the most portable tool for information. Easy to carry around a radio...not easy to carry a TV. Easy to listen to a radio for the latest news, yes, I can bring my laptop, but not everyone has a WIFI zone. Today or tomorrow, we will have one of those moments that strikes radio as the most portable medium for information gathering and destroys it forever... depending on when "The Text" is released.
Yes, I said it, "The Text." It's already being touted as "The Text Heard 'Round the World" - Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama's use of a text message to cell phone's everywhere, informing his supporters of his Vice Presidential choice.
Wow. 2008 changes everything - the 1st Black Presidential Candidate, and the death of radio information, via a single text message on your cell phone. Are you ready for it??
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