Biographies In The Age Of Email
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For centuries, biographers relied on handwritten letters to bring historical figures to life, from Ghandi to Catherine The Great. But email, texts and Outlook have changed how historians work. For example, we know from emails how Microsoft executives reacted to Apple’s early success with iTunes: “We were smoked.”
Full list of stories from KUOW Presents, August 7:
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- Diary of A Bad Year: A War Correspondent's Dilemma, Part 7
- Talton On Bezos Newspaper Purchase
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As KUOW's Growth and Development reporter and co-host of KUOW's Booming podcast, Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, government and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology, and climate change.
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