I’m old and not afraid to admit it… though it took a while to accept it. Because I’m one of the “hybrid” generation (old enough to remember NOT having a personal computer, the Internet, cell phones…) and since I deal with digital tech all the time, I’m constantly made aware of just how different life was when I was growing up. My first PC experience was learning to program on an Apple IIe in high school, and my kids are now getting into that age group so it’s just so easy for me to see the difference between what I had then, and ALL that they have now.
I catch myself at least once a day doing something “old school”… something that’s a throwback to a bygone era and reminds me I’m not as hip as I should be.
- I got a voice recorder about 10 years ago and thought it would be fun for the kids to record themselves just playing around. Heh, we had cassette recorders in my day! So a digital recorder would be fun. Reality: MP3 players, like the iPod Touch, do-it-all devices.
- Someone wants to give me a phone number and I automatically start looking for a pen and paper. Nevermind I always have my phone sitting on my hip.
- Uh… that brings up another one… phone is in a holster.
- I can’t just get rid of the VCR. What if we need it to watch an old tape?