A poignant reminder of what now would take 2 minutes on the Internet used to involve trips to your local library, interacting with Phyllis the librarian, browsing through miles of microfiche, making long distance phone calls, interacting with humans on the way and back – in general, acquiring a lived-through experience that, ultimately, informed you about much, much more than just getting your original question answered.
shout out to librarians!!!
Definitely!
I did so much research on microfiche in college. I’m not sure I could even load it correctly now!
Muscle memory!
A poignant reminder of what now would take 2 minutes on the Internet used to involve trips to your local library, interacting with Phyllis the librarian, browsing through miles of microfiche, making long distance phone calls, interacting with humans on the way and back – in general, acquiring a lived-through experience that, ultimately, informed you about much, much more than just getting your original question answered.
I figured it would be a small miracle for them to find this info!