[1986] Beyond the negative: demystifying the golden era of chrome slide film and slides Lifting the lid on slide photography. #photography #analog #slides #slidefilm #nostalgia #camera medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] Across the USSR with just a Walkman and a pair of mini speakers My 7-day train journey on the ‘Trans-Siberian Railway’ as a 13-year-old. #travel #history #memoir #russia #coldwar #tech #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] By the book: Turning the tables on a mysterious 8-bit game from 1986 The game on the Commodore 64 caught my eye. #retrogaming #gaming #author #indieauthor #8bit medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] Skip, pause, rewind: How the Discman conquered the world But Sony’s early portable CD players had dirty little secrets. #tech #history #sony #cd #music #spotify #retro #physicalmedia #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] The fax of life: how did we send paper documents through the phone line? The mystery of the 1980s’ most essential office machine, explained. #tech #nostalgia #office #retro #fax #history medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] Amazing Amiga: recalling the stunning visual renaissance in computing I will never forget the first time I ever saw a “jpg” image. #gaming #amiga #retrogaming #computers #nostalgia #tech #design #digitalarts #pixelartist #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

At the Met, the melancholic work of the Finnish artist Helen Schjerfbeck has the strange effect of jolting your senses. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/c3UBhn

[1986] 40 years later: my boyhood memories of Chernobyl fallout in Sweden The radioactive cloud came straight in my direction. #history #nuclear #coldwar #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Cheap sensation: a nostalgic look back at the legendary Sinclair ZX spectrum The impossibly plucky British computer that birthed an industry. #tech #british #computing #zx #nostalgia #history #genx #generationx #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] I tried starting my 40-year-old Commodore 64 and loading games from a tape Here’s what happened when I got it all set up. #gaming #retrogaming #computers #tech #retro #C64 #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] The 8-bit era: demystifying the sounds and graphics of 1980s computing Unpacking the 8-bit history and aesthetic — bit by bit. #8bit #pixelart #tech #design #nostalgia #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Here’s what Lego should have announced in 2026: a classic kit from 1982 Has Lego lost the plot with smart bricks? They need to bring back the 8700 kits. #lego #build #tech #retro #nostalgia #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] All hail the Commodore 64: the greatest computer of all time I witnessed home computing’s “iPhone moment”. #computers #gaming #retrogaming #nostalgia #1980s #retro #tech medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] The mystery around Marty McFly’s original Casio watch in Back to the Future Having a calculator wristwatch in the 1980s was the height of cool. #tech #retro #watches #casio #nostalgia #backtotyefuture #1980s #genx #generationx medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Rewind the tape: a requiem to the glorious format and culture of the cassette A journey back to the tape-tastic days of the 1980s. #music #gaming #tapes #cassettes #nostalgia #noai #1980s #genx medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Boomboxes & breakdancing: memories of the birth of hip hop culture Technology altered the course of popular culture and created a new golden age. #hiphop #technology #nostalgia #history #popculture #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Words built worlds: the epic text-based adventure games that shaped a genre How Oregon, Zork, Colossal Cave & Taipan! started it all. #gaming #adventure #retrogaming #nostalgia #computing #education #reasoning medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Pre-internet childhood: the joy of pulling electronics apart and tinkering Sometimes kids just want to break things to see what’s inside. #electronics #childhood #STEM #education medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Pre-internet childhood: fond memories of building plastic scale models as a boy #hobby #childhood #noscreens #1980s #nostalgia #retro medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] A page in history: how The Print Shop redefined home computing in the 80s Ordinary people wanted a computer for the first time ever. #software #computers #technology #retro #tech #history #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Pre-internet childhood: the joy of building balsa model aircraft aged 11–12 What did we do as kids before the internet and social media? #nosocial #australiaban #model #childhood #aircraft medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] I decided to try BASIC programming on the VIC 20 for the first time in 40 years Then I showed it to my 10-year-old daughter. #programming #retro #retrocomputing #1980s #nostalgia #genx #code medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[feature article] Speed dreams: remembering the golden age of learning touch typing What subject do you wish you were taught in school? #tech #nostalgia #typing #typewriter #1980s #genx #generationx medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Nokia-Mobira: how the Nordics invented the first true mobile/cell phones #tech #retro #cellphone #nokia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Keys to the past: the nostalgic charm of the old school typewriter My wife told me: “No more buying typewriters.” #type #writer #technology #retro #author medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Love byte: how Generation X embraced the VIC 20 home computer revolution The Commodore VIC 20 invented the concept of home computing. #tech #retro #commodore #computer #1980s #nostaligia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Rewind for nostalgia: remembering the first arrival of VCRs and VHS tapes Home entertainment was never the same again after 1984. #technology #tech #history #tetro #vcr #vhs #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Sky’s the limit: remembering the birth of satellite television in Europe Television from space was a new and fascinating thing in the early 1980s. #television #satellite #tv #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Swedish hotline: possibly the world’s first social network Public and available to all ages free of charge, Heta Linjen became a social sensation when it first appeared. #technology #socialmedia #history medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1983] America’s Cup wing and a prayer: the secret tech of the greatest victory in sporting history The story of how a team of Aussies used a secret weapon to challenge a 130-year old winning streak. #sailing #americascup #sport #history #formulaone #yacht medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1983] Warm memories: revisiting the nostalgic allure of the 35mm film format A closer look at the 135-film format, its variations and imperfect aesthetics. #photography #35mm #filmslr #filmphotography #analog #film medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1983] The quest for perfect sound: demystifying 1970s stereos and hi-fis – Part 2 Who had the best sound, the deepest pockets and the ‘purest’ music? In the analogue age, you got what you paid for. #tech #hifi #audiophile #1980s #audio medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

Rise and fall: revisiting the 1980s video-game arcade experience Although an iconic period in video-game history, the arcade experience ultimately fell out of favour. #gaming #retro #retrogaming #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

Article: [1983] Reliving the 1980s: a week of listening to my vintage cassette ‘Walkman’ After giving up Spotify months ago, I had a chance to try what it was like listening to tapes on the move again. #tapes #cassette #walkman #1980s #tech #technology #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

‘Retro Tech Show: memoir chronicling the last 50 years of technology’ Turn off your devices and let’s look at the story of how it all began. #tech #technology #history #1970s #1980s #nostalgia #history medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1981] Dot-matrix throwback: the joy of endless computer paper as a child Reliving the days when we played with and drew on sprocket-holed computer paper in our childhoods. #80s #retro #tech #computers #genX #nostalgia #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1981] Young witness to history: reliving the magic of the first space shuttle launch The shuttle launch set the mood for the immense technological advances that came in the 1980s — and in my lifetime. #space #nasa #shuttle #1980s #spaceshuttle #lego #tech #memoir medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1981] Decal decades: how iron-on transfers defined 70s and 80s t-shirt fashion Discovering my original childhood decals from the birth of pop culture. #1980s #fashion #nostalgia #tshirts #generationX #ironon medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1981] Game & Watch: the original handheld phenomenon that revolutionised gaming These iconic games rightfully deserve their place among the Pantheon of Gaming gods. #gaming #retrogaming #nintendo #1980s #nostalgia #genX medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

Article [1980] May the Cards be with you: the joy of collecting Star Wars cards as a kid I spent a great deal of my pocket money on trading cards as a kid. At least they came with a stick of chewing gum. #starwars #1980s #collecting #nostalgia #genX medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1980] Analogue era: demystifying the sound of 1970s component stereos and hi-fi systems The long, lost art of experiencing music at its full potential, rather than just listening to it. #stereo #audio #hifi #tech #1970s #nostalgia #retro #retrotech medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1980] Coin-op classics: playing Space Invaders and Pac-Man on the cocktail cabinet As video-arcade games came of age at the start of the 1980s, I got my first taste of these games on a rather unusual machine. #gaming #retrotech #techhistory #arcade #games #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1979] Lighting up the past: the flash-cube era of the 60s and 70s Before the advent of electronic camera flash, analogue photographers were dependent on small explosive cubes to add light. #tech #retro #photography #nostalgia #generationx medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1979] The sound of freedom: the Sony TPS-L2 Walkman changed music forever An ‘experiment’ by Sony executives was a game-changer. It became an iconic symbol of innovation and unplugged music for future generations. medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

People ask how I can write so prolifically. I just can’t help it. Currently sitting on a bus for the next 45 minutes. Why let so much time waste?? #writing #author #writingtips

[1978] The joy of playing with audio-cassette recordings as a child The online world seems to have forgotten that we once recorded messages, ‘letters’ and all sorts of audio onto cassette tapes for fun. #retro #tech #cassette #1970s #GenX #author #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

What was your first mobile phone? What year was it? How old were you? #genx #retrotech #oldtech #nostalgia #tech #techthrowback #nokia #1990s

Just published my latest #genx #tech #memoir #video #1977 #747 #boeing #retrotech