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in the Business section of the May 29 Chica- My best friend since high school was, for most
go Tribune that discusses a reporter’s experi- of his adult life, a sales executive whose high-
ence with the Verizon test. Here is a link: powered drive enabled him to start up and run
http://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/html5/
desktop/production/default.aspx? several insurance companies. I thought I knew
&edid=5e4020d6-4e87-4b64-954c- him pretty well, but I was astonished when he
e0254f56011c sent me a book of sensitive and lovely poetry
that he had written! I saw an aspect of Frank I
The Tribune writer used a newly released
$1,300 5G phone from Samsung to sample the had never suspected, and my respect and ad-
Verizon network throughout River North. In miration for him became even greater.
one of the better locations, he was able to Well, you may not be a secret poet, or even a
download all two hours and 17 minutes of wannabe trapeze artist, but aren’t there some
“Homecoming: A film by Beyonce” to his
phone in 9 seconds! But service varied quite unrevealed parts of you that you wouldn’t mind
a bit as he wandered through the area. It turns sharing, but you haven’t gotten around to it, or
out that the 5G signal is easily blocked – by maybe you’re just a little shy about it?
almost anything. Hence, a need for lots of an- Write it down. Write your memoir. One of the
tennas. I won’t repeat all the information in
this article; check it out at your leisure. Suffice easiest ways to get it done is to use speech
to say, 5G appears to be a work in progress. recognition software (some of it is free) and
Moreover, it is unclear (for me at least) how possibly a compatible recorder. The software
much casual cellphone users would benefit automatically converts your spoken words into
from this big increase in data transmission a text file, such as Microsoft Word or Google
speed. Docs.
In any event, it’s good to know that 5G is mov- Here are a few basics about getting comforta-
ing forward. Check out the Trib article for de- ble with the dictation process: Just start talking
tails.
and don’t worry about grammar or punctuation
Hope to see you at our June meeting! – you can fix it later. If it would help get the
Phil thoughts flowing, sit down with someone you
feel relaxed with and record the conversation
as you chat about a topic for your memoir.
Regardless of where your memoir begins, it
can take on a life of its own – because it is, af-
ter all, the life of your own.
Write your memoir. Do it for the ones you love,
for yourself, and maybe for some great-great-
grandchildren you will never know. But through
your memoir, they will get to know you.
Note from Judy: Meeting idea – Keith is giving
a presentation to his group on “Why Type it
Yvonne Mitchell When You Can Say it?”
Orison Swett Marden
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