Vintage Virtualist Gifts

Leadership in the Covid-19 Era

How we imagined A.I. in 1977. . . How it's looking today. . .

'It's one of these new phones that takes photographs.'

'It's O.K. Charlie - you can relax. The T.V. repairman said, 'it can be fixed!''

"It's a fantastic computer! It's so old that none of today's hackers know how to hack it!"

"Attention, everyone! I'd like to introduce the newest member of our family."

Boombox

Newfangled contraceptions phobia: 'David, David, we're sinking! Our water bed has sprung a leak!'

"Go ahead and laugh, but this baby hasn't crashed since 1961."

Man hitting a TV and going out of focus himself.

'I, Dom Perignon, will now uncork the very first bottle of Champagne. Of course, I'm just guessing this is the right way to do it.'

Forty-five words per minute? Impossible!

"Can't fix the WiFi? How times flies! Seems only yesterday you couldn't program the VCR!"

The Final Chapter.

A man watches TV while wearing a Marshall McLuhan sweatshirt.

'Peter Rabbit and his sisters, Floppy Disc and Mopsy.'

'When I was told our new computer was going to be state of the art, no one mentioned it was state of the art in 1954.'

'He's not a 'bad' phone. He's just not a 'smart' phone.'

'I was 'Sweatin' To The Oldies', and I flipped over on my back!'

B2B.Com Pay Per View.

"Don't worry Mac, I'll have that happy face back in no time."

'Telling me He works in mysterious ways!'

"We're pretty sure it's the West Nile Virus."

'And of course if you'e feeling patriotic today, we have here a new line of PCs produced by the federal government.'

A man in therapy session is communicating with his therapist through laptop . .

Good luck with your video interview.

'This is a painting of your grandfather.'

Telephone Box

'Built in obsolescence: Mini with a wind up gramophone.'

"Who on earth would call on a landline? How rude!"

"Look Zorg, an antique!"

"It's all state of the art, except for him."

Leadership in the Covid-19 era