New technology and cell phones
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:18 pm
Technology and phones.
I started when phones had no dial. You plunged the receiver up and down three times and the operator came on and would place the call. A lot of changes since then.
I have lived a lifetime in which a progression of older people have refused to learn how to type, how to use dictation equipment as contrasted to dictating to a secretary, how to use a laptop computer and even how to use a cell phone. NOTHING is intuitive.
Last fall, I gave my son, the businessman, the assignment of buying himself and myself new cell phones. He putwhat are called apps on my cell phone. I am going up the learning curve: how to transfer money, how to text, and so forth. I am learning that fractional shares are now commonly traded - when I was kid, I had to buy and sell in odd lots in the stock market.
Although I mention "cell phone", I have also had to learn the VPN concept in the last 6 months to protect my computer and allow me to obtain foreign content for "free" that I would otherwise have a charge. I heard of "roku" and instead of buying a new television or going to the movies, I installed it on an old borrowed television for $33.
I started when phones had no dial. You plunged the receiver up and down three times and the operator came on and would place the call. A lot of changes since then.
I have lived a lifetime in which a progression of older people have refused to learn how to type, how to use dictation equipment as contrasted to dictating to a secretary, how to use a laptop computer and even how to use a cell phone. NOTHING is intuitive.
Last fall, I gave my son, the businessman, the assignment of buying himself and myself new cell phones. He putwhat are called apps on my cell phone. I am going up the learning curve: how to transfer money, how to text, and so forth. I am learning that fractional shares are now commonly traded - when I was kid, I had to buy and sell in odd lots in the stock market.
Although I mention "cell phone", I have also had to learn the VPN concept in the last 6 months to protect my computer and allow me to obtain foreign content for "free" that I would otherwise have a charge. I heard of "roku" and instead of buying a new television or going to the movies, I installed it on an old borrowed television for $33.