Ambient Findability by Peter Morville is another one of those books that sparks thought and conversation. Our class discussion of this book recently turned to the idea of the future. Where are we going to be in 5 years? Wow, I can't even begin to grasp what technology might be like. Look what has popped up in the last 5 years: iPads, (ridiculously) Smart Phones, BluRay, 3D cinema on a wide-scale, so on and so forth. Every year we are making leaps and bounds in the world of technology. Phones are going to get smarter, TVs are going to get bigger, picture clearer, just imagine.
If you think 5 years gives room for improvement, think about 10-15 years. I think about technology when I was 6 and then now, and it is just mind blowing. Now, jump ahead 15 years and my mind is blown. I'm beginning to understand how my parents get overwhelmed in technology sometimes. It advances quicker than we can catch up.
Think about where technology will be when our kids are in college!
I guess the only way to keep up with technology is not let yourself fall behind, which seems pretty much impossible. I try my best to stay up to date with all the hottest social media trends and such but it is no easy take. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed and just want to say "GIVE IT UP ALREADY!" Technology and the things we can do with it are only going to get crazier part of me wants to act like my grandparents and stick to the stuff I dealt with in college forever but another part of me wants to keep chugging along staying up to date. I will probably attempt option B so I won't be an annoying old person full of techno fear but it gets tiresome after a while.
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