He expresses himself simply without being simplistic, and the purposefully slow rhythms of his prose almost command the reader to stop, think and, ultimately, listen.

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Widely reviled by techies and elitists as being too simplistic, AOL nevertheless succeeded by keeping a laser focus on average consumers, almost single-handedly popularizing e-mail outside the workplace and bringing the Internet into the home.

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