I don't get this one at all. We were there when technology started to have more widespread use. I returned to graduate school one fall to find the library had replaced the card catalog drawers with computers. I owned an Apple IIe. All of my work for nearly forty years has involved use of computers and other technology. I love being able to write and edit or correct errors without typing the whole damned thing all over again. I've used cellphones so long that I don't remember exactly when I started using them. I'm a huge fan of the internet. I like carrying volumes of books around on my Kindle. That is probably the experience of most people of my generation. Where I draw the line is using technology for everything. I can turn on the lights or the faucet myself. I don't need to have my refrigerator hooked up to the internet.
I don’t get this one at all. We were there when technology started to have more widespread use. I returned to graduate school one fall to find the library had replaced the card catalog drawers with computers. I owned an Apple IIe. All of my work for nearly forty years has involved use of computers and other technology. I love being able to write and edit or correct errors without typing the whole damned thing all over again. I’ve used cellphones so long that I don’t remember exactly when I started using them. I’m a huge fan of the internet. I like carrying volumes of books around on my Kindle. That is probably the experience of most people of my generation. Where I draw the line is using technology for everything. I can turn on the lights or the faucet myself. I don’t need to have my refrigerator hooked up to the internet. “
I’m a boomer and in 78 owned my own company with three what they used to call “mini” computers. Those were the ones that were a big steel desk with a built in screen and keyboard. Migrating off those boat anchors to PCs in 84 I have been on every version of Microsoft’s platform through XP, Vista - was a Microsoft tester for that one - Win 7 and now Win 10. Also own four or five Apple products.
Not really trained for this - I was an English and philosophy major - but boomers are quick to learn new technology and I trained younger boomers and Xers aournd me for years. Have an X cousin who once tried to tell me that “We are the computer generation and you are the TV generation.” I told her that I was on computers when when was three years old.