Thoughts On Technology

I was fortunate to be there when the Radio Shack TRS-80 ("Trash 80") computer was supplanted by the IBM PS-1. I have touched the first computer, the ENIAC. I watched the developments in technology as a Director of Data Processing in the early 70's. It amazes me to reflect on the advancements in technology in my short life.

Today, my wife called me on my cell phone in our kitchen from our home phone in our bedroom. It was a very thought provoking moment. At dinner tonight, our son was text messaging our daughter at college from his cell phone.

Tonight we blog and think about purchasing a "memory Pen" to plug into our "USB" port for data storage instead of using a floppy drive. Tomorrow, that same memory pen will plug into a digital camera and store our photos. This is exciting and unsettling.

Seems were losing something. Jen Sorensen writes a cartoon called Slowpokes. She defines a slowpoke in her website. Maybe she has it right. Maybe we need to control the pace of our lives. Maybe pets and gardening and socializing with friends and the joy of family are ways to keep grounded...keep from being swept away by technology....Craig
- posted by J-Birds @ 9:15 PM |