eric rochow

I’ve been on the road a lot lately, and as I looked at a highway full of traffic, I saw a few semi trucks, thought about the truckers talking to each other on their CB radios and remembered when CB radios first came out.

I would sit in my father’s car after dinner and try to chat with people on his CB. Sometimes it worked, other times it didn’t. It was fun, though. Had to be careful not to drain Dad’s battery.

While watching the traffic crawl, it occurred to me that Twitter today is very much like the heyday of CB radio, a bunch of people reaching out and talking to other people interested in talking.