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Actually, I’ve Been Trying To Forget It, Nick

Nick Brien got his OMMA Global keynote off this morning with a bit of a sound effect. And I will say, it had a pronounced affect â€" on me. Made me cringe, actually.

The sound, was the audio of a circa 1990s dial-up modem connecting online. (Makes my nerves jitter just to rethink about it.)

“Who remembers that sound,” Brien boomed. Surprisingly, he was greeted by applause, but I suspect that has more to do with nostalgia, than a romantic recollection about modem sounds.

“I for one remember that sound, fondly, how long it took, and the disconnection,” Brien said, but I have a feeling he was being funny.

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