confessions of a mediaphile
With the Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. 2011 Conference underway in Austin, I did a little research about the invention of the teletypewriter (TTY). Being the device that brought deaf people into the 20th century, the TTY was invented by three forward-thinking men: Robert Weitbrecht, Andrew Saks, and James C. Marsters. Weitbrecht is often credited [...]
I had a dilemma. There was some time-sensitive red tape in NYC that I had to sort out, but I had (have) plans for Memorial Day in DC. I’ve done it before, so I decided to just make a day trip to NYC by bus and be back in time for the unofficial beginning of summer. [...]
So in between waiting on NYU for my final grades, finding a job for the summer, and traveling between New York and DC, I decided to revamp my website. Not that there was anything to vamp in the first place. I’ll probably have much more content to post once I actually begin writing my thesis. [...]