INTRODUCTION to Blocks to BlockChain Blog
The generational memories of those who once used paper and pencil to plan and conduct business, to those who today barely know what manual writing is about – so much has changed. In my lifetime I’ve seen many developments and pioneered a few along the way. I’ve watched as room-sized, mainframe computers and keypunch cards morph into centralised dumb terminals. Tandy and Commodore provided lovingly called, “Propellerheads” with components to build primitive PCs. Recording media started on audio cassette tapes and achieving 512K storage space was huge. We activated our builds by writing software programs using page after page of complicated code, published openly in Byte or Creative Computing magazines. GUI replaced DOS green screens. JavaScript arrived, ARPANET was commandeered for public use to begin the flood of today’s email and social media miasma. The Internet brought websites. Mainframes became dumb termina...