Posts Tagged: "wizard of menlo park"

Famous Inventors: Thomas Edison

An argument can be made that Benjamin Franklin may be the most famous American inventor, but without a doubt the most prolific and influential American inventor was Thomas Alva Edison. It is indeed difficult to imagine the modern world without scientific contributions and inventions of Edison. Nevertheless, Edison did have failures, including his failed support of DC power over AC…

Gene Quinn

May 16, 2009

The Wizard of Menlo Park

This cartoon is humorous on many levels. Perhaps first and foremost is the fact that children under the age of 13 have never known a world without the World Wide Web, and for all intents and purposes everyone under the age of 21 (maybe even older) has no recollection of life before the advent of the World Wide Web. For…

Gene Quinn

April 4, 2008