i am so technologically illiterate it’s embarassing. i’m still stuck in a time when just owning a blog and a beeper was cool. now 13 year old kids (and younger) know how to operate smart phones and iPads and are probably required to learn how to program with HTML, JAVA, and Flash in school. new programs, websites, platforms, computers, and gadgets that are supposed to make our lives easier roll out everyday and if you’re not up with the trends, then they can actually hinder you. think about that older co-worker in your office who still has no idea how to use word or excel — or even EMAIL — because s/he never had to until the last two decades or so. well, that’s how i’m beginning to feel.
i’m at a crossroads where i’m like do i invest more time into learning about all these new technologies or do i just say fuck it? give me back prodigy and my rotary phone!
this is an age where all the guess work has been taken out of life. all your sartorial, musical, and who-knows-what-else tastes can be determined by “algorithms” based on a scant sample of likes and dislikes. we’re made to feel like we’re amputees if we’re not carrying a cellphone in one hand a my laptop in the other. why is it that i prefer to look at flickr photos of leaves instead of walking out to the backyard to look at real ones?!
i want to feel like i possess some techKnowledge,G and not feel like tech-NAH!-oh gee! most of all, i want to beat my nephews and nieces at every xbox, wii, and computer game and not feel like the old fart who can’t play 3D video games (which is the case).
so: to play catch up or to just let it be?
Will Dao 