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"phone" - The shape he's talking about is this one[1]. While the Wrench/Screwdriver etc. are in common use, the shape here is from the rotary phone, which is no
by bgilroy26 14y ago
"phone" - The shape he's talking about is this one[1]. While the Wrench/Screwdriver etc. are in common use, the shape here is from the rotary phone, which is not in common use.
The page I linked was literally the first google image result for me, and that top cluster of images includes many recognizeable clip-art phones, all with the same rotary phone shape.
1. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/01/getting-the-interview-phone-screen-right.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/01/getting-the-intervi...
- r00fus 14y agoAt the last two offices I've worked at, the landline phone (VOIP Handset) looked like this :[1]. Not a whole lot different from the smartphone Phone app icon. https://www.google.com/search?q=cisco+handset&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=PzurT4W0C8meiALVyPybAg&ved=0CMkBELAE&biw=1745&bih=829 https://www.google.com/search?q=cisco+handset&hl=en&...
- MengYuanLong 14y agoThat isn't necessarily true. He doesn't specify rotary phones. Even if he did, like the folders and envelopes he also mentions, corded phones which look like the picture are still quite common in office places and thus many peoples lives outside of silicon valley.
- philwelch 14y agoThe Western Electric handset was still used for years after touchtone phones became commonplace: http://www.telecomwholesalecentral.com/catalog/2500%20WE.jpg http://www.telecomwholesalecentral.com/catalog/2500%20WE.jpg