Word: uses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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James F. Klocke, the director of government affairs for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and his colleagues use Route 128 to illustrate the importance of research...
...accident. While everyone else in the Valley is haunted by the phantom revenues they promised their VCs, Newmark is trying to find charities to fund. A 46-year-old ex-software engineer, he runs the online bulletin board Craigslist.org and if you're anyone in Silicon Valley, you use Craig's List. While headhunters and job fairs throw tons of resumes your way, a $45 posting on Craig's List gets you the real talent. And with 180 new listings each day, the site, which gives its profits to charity, has a lot of cash it needs...
...count on the duo for literate scripts, and they deliver, putting even this season's overused direct-camera-address device to thoughtful (if a bit precious) use. But to realize the show's potential, the creators must end the honeymoon--between the viewers and the characters. thirtysomething's strength lay in its shifting sympathies for the self-absorbed Steadmans, whom we stuck with through sheer exasperation. You have to love Once and Again; it will be a great show only if it gets us to do so in spite of ourselves...
...weekend drawing classes. He knows all kinds of things now, such as what time of the day the supermarket is least crowded. And ever since reading a tome called Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, he's got a little weird about progress. He doesn't use the Internet or watch TV, and he bikes and walks to most places. He has renounced most technology, except for some wings with speakers attached to them that he built for this year's countercultural Burning Man festival...
EASY CELL You're dying to become a cellphone hipster but are stymied by all the different handsets and calling plans. Now perplexed would-be purchasers of cell phones can weigh their choices on two websites: decide.com launched this week, organizes options by city and type of use (for example, local vs. business travel); point.com lets you enter a price limit and offers feature-by-feature comparisons. We found decide.com to be simpler and easier to navigate...