Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Keeping Up


I do my best to keep up with technology but it's a struggle. There are days I'd like to say stop this merry-go round, I want to get off. However, I don't dare let up because I don't want to be left behind. The MacBook Air laptop is my latest purchase and I am loving it. It's unbelievably light and since I'm such a lap worker it's a delight to keep on the table by my chair to use off and on through the day with little effort. I do think though there is a limit to how far I will go with all these gadgets.


In Oregon it's against the law to drive and talk on a cell phone. Daughter and I were out shopping, only the two of us in the car, when she begins a conversation with someone other than me. She's talking to her dad using her iPhone watch! I'll pass on that I think.

She's a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse Educator in a children's hospital in Texas so she's constantly on the move. More than the phone feature she enjoys having her calendar on her wrist. She's able to tell at a glance which room she needs to be in next. I text her often, partly because I'm big on texting, and sometimes to report on her dad. She's able to read those messages on her wrist. 

And to think computers were not available for many of my working years. Remember typing when you had to make carbon copies? Times have changed. I have no desire to go back to the old ways but sometimes I have to run pretty fast to keep up with the new.

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  1. I remember using that little bottle of Wite-out. I'd hate to have to go back to using it. When I first started using a computer, I insisted on handwriting a rough draft before word processing it. Thank heavens I finally got over that notion.

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    1. Remember the little clumps of White-Out left on paper when it began to dry out in the bottle?

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  2. I put a line in the sand for myself. There is no sense trying to cram any more information/instructions into the sieve that is my brain, it only causes frustration.

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    1. No, no you can't have that attitude. If your brain is a sieve it means you're losing stuff, you have to keep pouring more in.

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  3. Oh, things have really changed. Yes, I remember carbon copies and also putting sheets of carbon between pages you were typing. What a mess that was. Being careful not to get ink on the original. Right now I barely get by on the computer and my old flip-phone.

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    1. Remember when typewriter keys would fill up with ink, and particularly get clogged with stuff when you typed stencils?

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  4. I'm so grateful for computers. My life would be completely different without them.

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    1. I agree. More than anything I'm grateful for the Internet. Thanks for stopping by, hope you'll drop in again.

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  5. I remember when the first electric typewriters came out, and we all thought it was a big deal! Little did we know about the technology revolution that was about to explode.

    I do love my computer. Where would we be without out all our connections in the blogosphere? It's been a lifesaver for me in many ways.

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    1. Aaah yes, I well remember that first black and white Mac computer with the tiny screen.

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  6. Heavens, yes. I remember carbon paper. LOL. If I were in my active middle years I think that watch would be great. I doubt I could read it now though. Ahh, to have young eyes again.

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    1. Since cataract surgery I again have young eyes but don't see that I have a need for the Apple watch.

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  7. I remember the stencils well and the ditto machines, too. Then, we got the Xerox only a couple of people at our TV station were trained and entrusted to operate since it was so delicate.

    Glad to learn you like your laptop as I may need to replace my HP one of these days. Meanwhile, really like my iPad-mini and Kindle App I downloaded on it. Don't need a smart phone as like my old-fashioned cell, but may upgrade eventually. The watch doesn't appeal to me, but reminds me of the old Dick Tracy newspaper cartoon series. I semi keep up with digital devices, but so much and constantly changing. When I get ready to buy I can research what the latest device is.

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  8. Good idea to research just before you buy. Technology is out of date by the time you get it home.

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  9. I think I have reached my zenith with electronics. Love and couldn't live with out my computer but have no smart phone for there is no service here, plus I really don't want to be that available to the world. The only cell I have looks a lot like the old pagers. I am quite content to let the "next new thing" pass me by.

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    1. We all have our needs and wants. I have a sister-in-law who uses no devices which drives me nuts because I can't communicate with her except by telephone. Drives me nuts but she's happy.

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