Confessions of a Techno-Geek

I LOVE technology. My eyes just light up when I walk into a store like "Best Buy" or "CompUSA". These places are saturated with technology all over the place. I swear my family would starve without a microwave oven. I have a 51" big screen TV, which I just LOVE, and we have several different computers in our home, of various ages and platforms (meaning both PC and Mac). Most people who consider themselves techno-geeks or at least in amorate of technology love to cruise around stores like this. They love to look at the scanners, digital cameras, computers, laptops, media storage, input devices, and the latest software. Software can be games of all kinds, programs to be creative with, even things that will help their business improve is fun to look at. It's a place filled with possibilities, only limited by the size of our wallet.

There are those who are scared of or they are initimidated by technology. In my opinion, most of these people look at computers and other techno-machines and they get intimidated. IT looks so overwhelming, and difficult. I've seen teachers move from the intimidated/scared person to be very proficient in less than a year. Thinking to themselves, "this isn't so hard". My own husband resisted technology for years. He has to do reports on a computer with an amber screen hooked to the heard office server. That was all the computer he needed. Now he's an internet surfin' fool! He does his work on his new desk top computer, and we even have a network in our house. There was one time he refused to network his computer with mine, now we are right up there with the best of the nerds! (Nerds and techno-geeks really run the world you know...) Anyway, my husband keeps track of his stocks, reads the Drudge report faithfully, has the radar loop for our area book marked so he can keep an eye on the weather, and a full address book of email addresses. He's no geek, that's my job, but at least he's open to the possibilites. He bought some land out in west Texas. He has GSPS views of it from the GSPS site, and he's even bought a GPS system that he keeps in his truck. I'll do an article on that little device later. I must admit, I love playing with that thing!

All it took was learning how to use the technological toys. Some prefer to call them tools. I see them as both. It's a tool when I'm working, it's a toy when I'm playing. There are several sites on the internet that can help with people who are intimidated by technology. Suite101 has editors that address these things. Make sure to check out my list of Suite101 editors that help the technology-impaired. NONE of us are born able to use computers or any other kind of technology. Some of us learned it a little easier than others, but everyone had to be taught. I have also seen that those who have to struggle to learn it, tend to appreciate it more.

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