Does this look familiar to any of you? This is the computer of my childhood. Green screen, floppy discs, Oregon Trail. The Apple II E. I remember the first time I used a mouse, around 4th or 5th grade. My 3 year old uses a mouse quite well. How about cell phones? I had one in high school, for checking in with the parents, but most of my friends didn't have them. I would mow the lawn with my walkman and run with my discman. My 3 year old thinks its fun to walk around the house with her 'pod'. I remember sitting in a lecture hall my junior or senior year of college wondering what this 'facebook' my professor was talking about was. What does Wifi stand for? Gasp! I am 25 years old and I am supposed to be part of Generation X who is 'with it' when it comes to technology, but I personally already feel like an outdated model. Granted, I don't really remember ditto paper and 8 tracs were out before I even knew what they were, but come on! How can I be falling behind already?! Is there any future for this mother of two in corporate America? I don't text, I just barely got facebook! I DID figure out what Wifi was, and we DO have a terabyte hard drive which I think is pretty cool, but I hardly ever use my i-pod and I don't have much interest in cell phones beyond their use in emergency situations. I feel like the kid who had a few too many spins on the merry-go-round. Things keep moving faster and faster and its fun, but its so fast that my head is spinning. But, I suppose I am better off than my parents. They have seen even more change than I have. They are figuring it out, though they still haven't figured out how to comment to my posts. Keep at it Mom.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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Does this look familiar to any of you? This is the computer of my childhood. Green screen, floppy discs, Oregon Trail. The Apple II E. I remember the first time I used a mouse, around 4th or 5th grade. My 3 year old uses a mouse quite well. How about cell phones? I had one in high school, for checking in with the parents, but most of my friends didn't have them. I would mow the lawn with my walkman and run with my discman. My 3 year old thinks its fun to walk around the house with her 'pod'. I remember sitting in a lecture hall my junior or senior year of college wondering what this 'facebook' my professor was talking about was. What does Wifi stand for? Gasp! I am 25 years old and I am supposed to be part of Generation X who is 'with it' when it comes to technology, but I personally already feel like an outdated model. Granted, I don't really remember ditto paper and 8 tracs were out before I even knew what they were, but come on! How can I be falling behind already?! Is there any future for this mother of two in corporate America? I don't text, I just barely got facebook! I DID figure out what Wifi was, and we DO have a terabyte hard drive which I think is pretty cool, but I hardly ever use my i-pod and I don't have much interest in cell phones beyond their use in emergency situations. I feel like the kid who had a few too many spins on the merry-go-round. Things keep moving faster and faster and its fun, but its so fast that my head is spinning. But, I suppose I am better off than my parents. They have seen even more change than I have. They are figuring it out, though they still haven't figured out how to comment to my posts. Keep at it Mom.
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good old oregon trail. Dave and I found a free download of that online once and spent hours playing it one night. We have only had cell phones since we've been married and I seriously feel naked without mine. But I really don't text that often. Dave is totally techno-savvy, but I know that years down the road I'm gonna be the grandma that has my grandkids come over and show me how to work stuff. (Or Dave will do everything for me.) For the first 3 years of marriage I couldn't figure out how to change our TV settings from playing video games to watching a movie. That is sad... Ana plays on PBSkids.org everyday. She will be much more techo-savvy than me.
O.K. Heather I'll give it another try. "I think I can, I think I can"
MOM
Yaaahhh! It worked! Thanks for the encouragement and I love reading your blogs!!!
I love that last little jab at your mom :0) Anita, good job for making a comment!!
YAAAA! Mom got it.
Heather I feel your pain, I am worse off than you but I guess I am older...do I get any slack for that? :)
GO MOM!!! You're sure growing up fast :)
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