IT has certainly come a long way since I first used a computer back in the early '90s. It was an 486 with about 1 Mb of ram, the only back up option being the ever unreliable floppy disc (so many school assignments lost!) Now I rely on PCs at home (I have two) and at work, which is easily taken for granted. There are so many possibilities for using new tools especially online, and yet so much potential for frustration- where programs are not designed intuitively, or hardware is not up to speed with the software, incompatibility problems... the list goes on.
The latest set of study readings I received from my course with CSU are all contained on a CDROM. Sounds convenient at first, and no doubt much less wasteful than a hardcopy, but I just find it a distracting experience trying to think for long in front of a computer screen. I find it's the same with all the lengthy online readings. Don't get me wrong, I'm no luddite, I just think that sometimes we assume we must have the latest technology just for the sake of it- like updating to Windows Vista, only to find it's full of bugs.../rant mode off/ Anyway, looking forward to some more user friendly technology, in moderate doses...!
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