This story doesn’t have much to do with wireless technology. It was a driveway moment. Today on National Public Radio, correspondent Daniel Zwerdling took my breath away with a story that inspires on all sorts of levels.
It’s an old cliche: “Tragedy makes us stronger.” But one military mother says it’s true.
Since Nellie Bagley’s son, Jose Pequeno, was terribly wounded in Iraq, she has had to marshal all the emotional resources she has to cope.
And she has done more than cope — she is using the power of that tragedy to prod the government to treat wounded veterans and their families better. Now, Bagley talks about her life as though she is two different people.
There was Nellie before Jose got blown up. And there’s Nellie since he got blown up…
Cynics might say only NPR could afford to run a 13 minute human interest story. But I don’t believe that’s true. I think passionate, eloquent work will find an audience in digital media. Daniel Zwerdling (and many others) provide an inspiration.
The Nook supports the open ePub format, plays MP3s, includes WiFi and a microSD card slot. Perhaps Soundslides for ebooks could combine the best of everything.
That’s a platform. At $99, it could be…unstoppable.
