Interesting question. The techno explosion has affected most of us. I've held back getting to know all the innovations available, as I usually do. I'm one of those who waits for the kinks to be worked out before making a monetary commitment to new gadgets, which sometimes means I miss the boat altogether! lol While I enjoy the ease of "googling" something, I'm still apt to look at an encyclopedia, dictionary, or atlas first. I forget I can easily look up phone numbers and addresses online, so I thumb through telephone books.
But to be honest, I find computers and cell phones to be a double-edged sword. They create convenience, and a way to meet and communicate with new people, but they are intrusive and demanding! I have a cell phone for my convenience. Yet I leave it on, in case my kids want to call (free minutes), and get all manner of calls from people who couldn't find me at home and evidently just couldn't wait to tallk to me. Sometimes that's a blessing, oftentimes it's an annoyance. I love having a computer! I love the places I can go, the people I can talk to. But I'm constantly bombarded with invitations to join this or that online group (i.e. Facebook, Friends Reunited, etc.), or implored to send on an email because the world will come to an end at precisely 12:01 a.m. if I don't. Every store, every utility wants my email address, sometimes refusing service if I don't give it to them.
I miss old fashion letter writing, you remember the kind - with pens and paper. I miss words being spelled out, instead of "how r u?" But when I get frustrated and upset by the intrusiveness of the Internet, I think about all of you. Without a computer, we'd never had met, and my life would have been poorer.
Robyn, the pseudo-techno-phobe
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