Two Quick Links for Thursday Noonish

Two Quick Links for Thursday Noonish

10:53

How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Help Win the Civil War. "The nearly 1,000 bite-sized telegrams that he wrote during his presidency helped win the Civil War by projecting presidential power in unprecedented fashion." [history.com]

Looking back to the birth of Google, situated above a beloved bookstore. "The nerds upstairs had a cheap plastic banner made with the Google name emblazoned on it...[it] was an embarrassment and an eyesore." [tedgioia.substack.com]

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