For years, I was an analog technician in a digital world. I was introduced to technology before anything was digital…even watches. I loved technology on principle, but then…
Multi-function buttons?…wtf?
I did not seem to be able to navigate any app because its operations seemed counter-intuitive, so I got lost, confused, frustrated, and alienated.
My previous phones were just phones, at least until I started using the calendar to keep my appointments in order. The idea of accessing the internet with my cell phone seemed superfluous. My only computer was a desktop. Of course, the ‘Contacts’ feature made my little black book obsolete.
Then came weather radar. This was a must for me, living in Florida.
Next came the barcode reader. Wow. …and a calculator. All from my phone?
An app that measures anything, including angles. And an app called the ‘Toolbox’ that was full of cool stuff. I loved technology: I could feel myself being drawn in to a new world.
Then I bought an Apple watch, (because my old watch had died). It only told the time…how arcane! The face of the new watch not only shows the time, date, and day of the week, but it also shows wind direction and speed, the temperature, and compass heading
Now I can drive anywhere using the ‘maps’ app on my phone (she even speaks directions so that I don’t have to look), listen to over eleven hundred songs stored on the phone, which controls my stereo, which are identified and controlled from the watch, and I can even speak directly with anyone else who has the ‘walkie-talkie’ function.
It took some work, but I’m sold… Excuse me, but I just got a notification about someone who just read one of my blog posts….
PS: If you think that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, maybe you just need a better bone.
Namasté
नमस्ते
Chazz Vincent
09/21/2022