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Reporter, TNWMic Wright is a journalist specialising in technology, music and popular culture. He lives in Dublin. He is on Twitter at @brokenbottleboy. Mic Wright is a journalist specialising in technology, music and popular culture. He lives in Dublin. He is on Twitter at @brokenbottleboy.
Here’s a funny thing for the weekend, as spotted by the Minitel Research Lab – a copy of ‘Amiga World’ magazine accidentally prophesized the coming of Twitter on its front cover… in 1988.
looking at copy of Amiga World from 1988, learning about "going online", and there is a guy, literally, "#tweeting" pic.twitter.com/A5VuEaV9rR
— Minitel Research Lab (@MinitelResearch) July 30, 2015
Tell us, Jack Dorsey, were you an Amiga fan? Note: I realise he was only 12 in 1988.
➤ Minitel Research Lab [Twitter]
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