Word: thingness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thing looks just like the old Blackberry but has some notable, hidden differences. Instead of relying on BellSouth, eLink sends its digital packets over the ARDIS network, which covers more territory--220 million people in the U.S., vs. BellSouth's 175 million. ARDIS can also handle faster speeds--up to 19.2 kilobits per sec., according to the eLink folks, twice as fast as their competitor. Finally, the ARDIS network is renowned for its "in-building" penetration, which means that I can travel up, down and around the august Time & Life Building and never miss...
...moving faster than a Long Island Rail Road locomotive. It leaps the tall buildings in a single bound. I'm told that the network is so strong you could send and receive e-mail while flying over big cities, though the FAA frowns on that kind of thing. One AA battery lasted two weeks, the little eight-line screen was surprisingly readable, and the "trackwheel" turned out to be an excellent way to navigate through menus...
STEVE CASE AOL titan joins forces with Time Warner. Ah, about that Bezos Person of the Year thing...
Sensing no big raise coming my way, I inquired about being one of the voices for that "You've got mail" thing. She said I could probably distribute my column via AOL and say, "You've got Joel's column," which I thought would also make a much better movie than that stupid Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan thing...
...company picnics, which often feature the AOL hot-air balloon. This sounded romantic enough, until I heard about the AOL race car, which David Hasselhoff drove in a Baywatch episode. I don't think there's a woman on the planet who wouldn't be putty around that thing...