Special to the HT
When I started this series, I wanted to convey cultural changes to our next generation: what telecommunications were like before cellphones.
We have fond memories of telephones. Although invented to replace the telegraph, the telephone quickly became a social medium. There is something about the nuances of a human voice that communicates much more than the printed word. Mood, humor, despair, joy and anger are expressed. Texting and emojis are just…