I was at a coffee shop this morning and there were 2 men at the table next to me having the Mac vs. PC debate. What made it so cute is that they were both in their 70s. Then, as I was leaving, this older, 70-something woman walked by talking on her cell phone. I don't know why, but I think it's so neat when I see older generations embracing current technology. Granted, not everyone has kept up with current trends. Whenever I visit my parents I'm always amazed that not only do they not have cell phones (we don't even have a landline anymore- cell only here), but they still use dial-up internet service. But I love seeing those older folks using their cell phones and being on Facebook.
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine technology as it was when you were a kid. Not much there, right? I remember getting our first VCR, the Atari, an Apple IIe computer... these things were awesome way back when. My uncle worked on a superfast computer back in the 70s, when computers were first starting to be used more, and now my cell phone has more computing capability than his entire supercomputer. I can't even imagine what technology will be like when I'm old, but I'm hoping it doesn't pass me by and I'm not stuck using rolls of film when the world has moved on to digital. Isn't that why we have kids though? To keep us up with the current technologies?
laughing because I think we were one of the last people I know to get cell phones (my parents mailed us theirs when we drove back down from Alaska in 2002). I remember our Commodore 64, the Atari (still have it by the way and hoping to hook it up to an old TV down here in TX), and all those awesome games...... And I didn't even really know what e-mail was until the Army forced it upon me in college. But I also remember not needing to sit down in-front of the computer every day and actually having to go talk to people to communicate.
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