Information Accessibility: Five Developments Since 1969 that Changed the World.
This paper is a five page, 10 source piece presenting the author's view of the five most important technological developments in the last 30 years. In the first 2.5 pages, the author gives a historical overview, detailing five inventions: UNIX, Ethernet, the microprocessor, the personal computer (PC), and broadband Internet. In the remainder of the piece, the author justifies these inventions, drawing conclusions as to why these developments, which are all related to information technology, are the most important of our time and will continue to be in the coming years. Although this paper is in MLA format, references in the Works Cited section are numbered, and textual references are given numbers instead of the usual MLA format. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
