Monday, December 20, 2010 - This Information Age Can Kick Rocks

This Information Age Can Kick Rocks

Don’t get me wrong. I think technology is amazing and we are so lucky to live in a world where we can access anything we need in the blink of an eye. What we do with these resources is another debate. But I will tell you, as one of the few twenty-somethings who does not have her cell phone attached to her hand, there are some things that greatly perplex me leading me to vent my frustrations on my brand spanking new blog.

1. I don’t like the new Facebook.
2. I really don’t like the new Twitter.
3. I just learned I can download apps onto my Ipod using my Ipod…who knew you didn’t have to connect to the Apple store on your laptop to transfer music?
4. I have no idea how to update my GPS, so for the past few weeks every time I need directions I’ve been printing out the routes from MapQuest.
5. Ok, I lied. My printer cartridge is out of ink, so I’ve been writing down the directions on the back of receipts found in my purse.
6. Before my roommate and I got DVR, the only time I turned on my computer was to check my email and catch up on TV shows I missed.
7. Speaking of which, DVR and I just celebrated our 1 month anniversary last a week ago :)
8. I never use the calendar in my phone. I carry around a mini-sized planner like somebody’s grandmother.
9. What is this Kindle business? I love to read, but I could never get one of those. What happens when you’ve reached the climax of the story and your battery dies? What if your screen gets all scratched up? What if you’re eating Chinese food and your fingers get too greasy to “turn” the pages. (I put turn in quotations because there are only few things more satisfying than physically turning paper pages right to left in a good book.)
10. Any my biggest stressor of the 21st century: How does wireless networking exist?? Someone please explain this to me. My modem is upstairs and I’m on my couch and I have a flawless connection. There’s not even a delay. WHERE ARE THE CORDS?

I’m sticking to kids and Jesus. I may not understand either of them fully, but I know two things for sure: they love me and I love them.