LGR - The Original IBM Think Pad
Added 2018-03-18 00:00:01 +0000 UTCLong before IBM made notebook computers, they made actual notebooks. These were pads with the word "THINK" printed on it, making it a literal "think pad." And these pads ended up being direct inspiration for the later ThinkPad machines in terms of naming, too!
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Gotta love "semantic satiation!"
LGR
2018-03-22 17:26:30 +0000 UTCHey that sounds like my Dad's career with IBM as well! We actually have one of the "Think" signs at home, he keeps it in the computer room and I never understood it as a kid haha.
Sarah
2018-03-22 08:38:31 +0000 UTCThanks so much for the support, and I hope you continue to enjoy!
LGR
2018-03-20 05:52:54 +0000 UTCI’m new. I love your videos. Keep going! Greetings from Italy!
Clemente d'Angelo
2018-03-19 16:26:39 +0000 UTCFWIW, eBay has an affiliate program. Idk if that works for entire categories of products or just single listings etc. <a href="https://partnernetwork.ebay.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://partnernetwork.ebay.com</a>
Thomas Fuchs
2018-03-19 14:37:16 +0000 UTCThis is mentioned in the Triumph of the Nerds (GREAT documentary). <a href="https://youtu.be/X7bbQW2RLug?t=3m26s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/X7bbQW2RLug?t=3m26s</a>
David Rickard
2018-03-19 14:36:26 +0000 UTCI think I've heard/seen the word "think" so many times that it looks weird now. P.S. I'm typing this on a ThinkPad T430 :)
Eric Siegel
2018-03-19 14:32:42 +0000 UTCSounds like a church!
2018-03-19 13:51:32 +0000 UTCthe multimedia page linked above has a .wav of the song too :o
Peter Metzger
2018-03-19 13:39:30 +0000 UTCI think my dad had the sheet music somewhere
2018-03-19 00:59:57 +0000 UTCI watched this in 4K on my 4K monitor while playing Dark Souls 3 on the other monitor.
2018-03-18 22:50:33 +0000 UTCNope. It's a real thing and a piece of history.
LGR
2018-03-18 18:10:32 +0000 UTCSo weeeeiiiird
LGR
2018-03-18 18:10:09 +0000 UTCI don't have any kind of affiliations to anywhere that sells them!
LGR
2018-03-18 18:09:30 +0000 UTCI have one of these from my bestie. She and her father both worked at IBM. Can confirm that they are indeed real, and they are "just right". :-)
2018-03-18 17:05:30 +0000 UTCDefinitely getting IBM merchandise for my Dad's birthday this year. He got his start working with punch cards and then later with IBM mainframes.
Iron Arse Hands
2018-03-18 14:12:27 +0000 UTCI would totally buy one of these.. you should affiliate link it :)
2018-03-18 14:09:14 +0000 UTCI love your history videos. When I was in third grade I thought I'd put together my two loves - computers and history and be a computer historian. That would have been fun if I could have found a job for it.
Jailyn Dyer
2018-03-18 07:44:35 +0000 UTCI want a Thunk pad.
Tempus Fugit
2018-03-18 07:05:53 +0000 UTCIt had flawless handwriting recognition.
Gary Leigh
2018-03-18 07:05:25 +0000 UTCCorporate culture needs not only a notepad but also a corporate song! Ever onward I-B-M! <a href="https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/multimedia/everonward_trans.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/multimedia/everonward_trans.html</a>
2018-03-18 04:12:02 +0000 UTCThink! Eat! Sleep! Watch LGR!
2018-03-18 02:31:55 +0000 UTClol, Clint is this a joke?
Zach LeBlanc
2018-03-18 02:05:04 +0000 UTCLike your taste in pens! The Pilot Metro series is great, I am fond of their fountain pens.
2018-03-18 02:01:33 +0000 UTCFunny, I'd never heard of these until about three days ago when a coworker sent me a link to a story about these. Wish I could tell him about this video but Friday was his last day.
Jeff DeWitt
2018-03-18 01:32:23 +0000 UTCYou got it!
LGR
2018-03-18 01:24:32 +0000 UTCJust realized that Apple's "Think Different" campaign is a response to IBM's "Think."
Steve Lovelace
2018-03-18 00:46:42 +0000 UTCIf you look closely at 1:08, you can see the precursor to the Intel 8088. IBM really was ahead of their time.
avfusion
2018-03-18 00:45:36 +0000 UTCBAHAHAHA, I saw the notification and went "oooooo" (I'm a Thinkpad whore) and then saw the thumbnail! Got me! Haha, nice one :P
Zeke
2018-03-18 00:42:46 +0000 UTCHa, yeah by the time I was done recording this I had no idea what "THINK" meant anymore.
LGR
2018-03-18 00:30:01 +0000 UTCGlad to hear it :D
LGR
2018-03-18 00:29:19 +0000 UTCWhat's this, a tech channel talking about non-tech??? Booooo!!!!! Nah, just kidding :P This video is actually really interesting and I enjoy these kinds of videos from you that deviate from your normal thing. (Even though the word "think" has kind of lost some meaning from being mentioned so much here, haha.) And wow, I just saw that you're almost at 6000 dollars per month for Patreon! You've come so far from when you started on here :)
Lindsay Michelle
2018-03-18 00:28:38 +0000 UTCHa! Love it!
Addison Chernow
2018-03-18 00:22:11 +0000 UTCFank you!
LGR
2018-03-18 00:21:12 +0000 UTCAw yeah. Blues Brothers always meets my approval.
LGR
2018-03-18 00:20:20 +0000 UTCFantastically fun featurette!
JennaKay
2018-03-18 00:19:28 +0000 UTCAwesome, glad to have shared something new!
LGR
2018-03-18 00:19:14 +0000 UTCQuite welcome, it's a great historical tidbit.
LGR
2018-03-18 00:19:05 +0000 UTCOh, wow. As a ThinkPad guy, this is all kinds of awesome. Thank you for making it.
2018-03-18 00:13:59 +0000 UTCThis is immediately what I thought of when I was watching the video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vet6AHmq3_s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vet6AHmq3_s</a>
Avery G
2018-03-18 00:11:58 +0000 UTCThat's crazy, never heard about that!
PureBlueOctopus
2018-03-18 00:03:28 +0000 UTC
