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“To workflow: the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems!” Borrowing from Homer Simpson at his finest, I once toasted my colleagues at the end of a long day during my tenure as a workflow supervisor with this phrase. Among us, we had a smattering of improvised vessels to hold our whisky—paper cups, actual glasses, even a few coffee-stained mugs—to further illustrate our ability to “make it work” no matter what.

In this column, we provide interesting historical briefs from the Journal articles of days past. The purpose of this column is primarily entertainment, but we hope it will also stimulate your thinking and reflection on the Society’s history, how far we have come in the industry, and (sometimes) how some things never change. This column is sponsored by Television Broadcast Technology, Inc., since March 2001: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7257346