Ok, I have vowed not to be negative toward technology in my blog this week. However, I do have a couple of good reasons why I could be negative. I will spare you the drama and just say that I am very happy I did not lose any masterpieces over the course of the week.
As I sit here, I am once again trying to think of things to say. Our wiki group did get our wiki established this week. I think we are on a good-paced track. Kathy is keeping us well up-to-date on everything that needs to take place over the next few weeks. I was actually able to set up a test page on the class wiki.
I guess I could talk about technology in a different sort of light. I am going to think of ways in which technology has enhanced my life over the past 30 years.
1) Hmmmm……….
2) You know, maybe its not that it has enhanced my life, maybe it’s that it has made me more requiring of it. Such things of this caliber include:
· Electric car windows
· Tape and CD ability in my car
· Ability to work/locate articles for school papers from home
· Typing out my papers in Word - spell check, re-writing of my grammatically deficient papers
· Although often times frustrating - Microsoft Office in general makes school work much easier
· Internet - being able to locate all kinds of cool stuff
· Instant updates on banking statements
· Credit Card acceptance in fast food restaurants or pretty much anywhere for that matter
· ATM machines
· Pay at the Pump - absolutely one of the best technological achievements yet
· Internet access of weather radar so I know whether I am going to stay dry while riding my bike or running
· Cell Phones – Although I have never come close to using all of my minutes, I no longer own a landline and only about ten people know my number. I can call anybody, anytime, from anywhere, because I keep my cell phone with me at all times. It is also very handy when I have an “emergency” and get to wake my husband up from a snoring sleep to come get me. That is the coolest part of having a cell phone.
· Digital cameras – Boy, with over 2,000 pictures downloaded to my computer, you would never know that I love my doggies and the instantaneous picture developments
· Self-checkouts – Oftentimes much faster and more personable than a slightly warm body standing there putting your groceries together in the wrong bags.
I could probably keep going, however I believe most of us could say that a majority of these things are important to all of us. I finally did away with owning a TV in 2001. I did not have a problem with getting rid of that, but I wonder how inconvenienced I would be if I no longer had my cell phone, internet and pay at the pump? At this point, I feel no need to do away with any of my mentioned technological conveniences. I did however, have no problem making this list, I hope as new technological conveniences come along, I won’t become as accustomed as I have to these!!
Talk to you next week.
3 comments:
How can you live without television? I don't think I could live without my cellphone or ipod. I can do without many fancy electronic things, but I don't have a landline anymore, so my cellphone is important. I rely on my ipod to get me through running on the treadmill. Your post reminded me of how much we rely on technology in general, not just computer technology. But it is nice to get away from it for a while sometimes.
As I have said many time, I love technology when it works, but when it does not work, I feel like pulling my hair out!
I hope I never lose my ability to live without these luxuries....
Michael
I hate the self checkouts. They never seem to work for me. You can't remove the bag before the machine tells you or it will freak out. I went to go grab a bag when I was with my mom and she yelled "don't touch it!!"
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