Microsoft’s got a pretty stellar track record of terrible Windows infomercials. Some for the consumer, some internal, all pretty rough. This 1988 video showcases Windows/386, a fairly impressive upgrade to Windows that introduced multitasking among other features. The impressiveness of the upgrade does not come through in this video. What begins as a dry-but-corny corporate…
Five Things – 2.20.12
1. 70 Years of the Ad Council – NPR featured a story this week celebrating 70 years of Ad Council PSAs. From Rosie the Riveter to Smokey Bear to Iron Eyes Cody to Crash Test Dummies to McGruff the Crime Dog, it’s pretty remarkable how many of these PSAs have become photographs of sorts of the American experience.
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