7 Technologies We Can’t Live Without …
Technology changes so fast these days, it’s hard to keep up! I went from Sony Walkman to a portable CD player to a mini-disc player to my first MP3 player (pre-iPod), to the first iPod Mini, and now I use a pink iPod Nano. And this was just in the past 15 years! I wonder what technology will replace my Nano… but I know for certain I can’t live without the one I have now. Here is my list of the seven technologies we can’t live without (at least for right now!)…
1. Internet
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What was the world like before the Internet? A lot more quiet, and a lot smaller. When we were assigned pen pals in French class, we actually had to send them letters via post, and wait for a response that usually took about 2 weeks. Now, we can do everything, including corresponding with foreign pen pals, online. There’s email, online banking, blogging, telecommuting, shopping, social networking, and my beloved amazon.com and eBay. I love the Internet with all its time wasting activities!
2. Cell phone/Smart phone
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I love watching old movies where the hero has to make a phone call and is running to a pay phone. Silly, we think, why not use a cell phone? Everyone has them, and we use them everywhere, for everything! We don’t just talk on them, either. We can check e-mail, buy plane tickets, text, and even dissolve international crisis and defuse bombs… or at least they can in the movies. The best part? No more rushing home to check your answering machine and see if that cute guy you just met called you…
3. iPod
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I thought portable CD players were cool, but iPods are even cooler… no moving parts, so no skipping! And you can just load the songs you want, instantly. Newer iPods can play videos, movies, and TV shows, as well as music! How did we ever live without these things, even with the Sony Walkman?
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There’s a certain joy in lying on the couch like a lazy cat and pushing buttons and if I can’t find the remote, I’ll just watch whatever is on ;)
From what I have found out so far, it is ... See more almost like a competitor to facebook, but as of right now does not give you any privacy. Google automatically attached it to my gmail account and everyone who is my contacts for gmail is able to see all my comments in Google Reader and anything I write in the Buzz. I understand many people got very offended by that and Google is working on the privacy issues, but I still am not happy about the fact that they did not even give you a choice if you wanted it in the first place.
I am sure you looked it up already, but here is the link:
http://www.google.com/buzz
Man. Do we really need one more site like that? Like really??! I am already connected to everyone I’d like to be connected to. Thank you. Lol.
That sucks that you didn’t get ... See more a choice though. Reminds me of a local newspaper here.
The only thing on that list that I CAN do without are ... See more GPS and Cable TV !
No tv?! *gasp*
Wtaching shows on the lappy doesn’t have the same charm for me somehow. I like lying on my couch and watching the idiot box. It’s like it was named for me :p
Your Hello Kitty Pj’s and my Spongebob shorts! Fun fun! :D
Ah ditto! I remember when my phone got stolen! Time just stood still and I felt like I was in a black hole. Ok enough drama :p BUT it’s true!
Life would be meaningless without them.. or at least less bearable D:
Lol less bearable my bum. Meaningless is exactly the word! It’s almost as bad as a heartache! :D
I can’t imagine how we lived without cell phones.
But I could definitely live without the Google Buzz they added to my email without any question, permission, or warning. ... See more I really do not like this at all, as everyone else feels the same way.
Okay I’m going to sound like a total dimwit here but what is Google Buzz all about?! I’v been hearing about it everywhere and I have no idea.
I’ve gotta agree. Just the fact that I’m sitting here in India, like a gazillion miles away from you in a different time zone and typing this is proof enough. Who would have thought?!
Omg just today a friend and I were talking about Atm’s and how the man who invented is was a freakin’ genius! Technology is mindbogglingly amazing especially when you compare the past and ... See more the present. And yeah I can’t imagine what sort of things the future kids will see and play with.