You’ve seen the commercial where a car responds to a perplexed man behind the wheel who asks, “This isn’t the way to my house?” The car, of course, takes him to his own surprise birthday party. But imagine, in our ever-advancing technological world, how terrifying it would be if our car suddenly stopped on a … Read more
Just about everyone likes ice cream. However, in our technological world, why must I prove, via the grocery store’s app, that I deserve a coupon for my favorite treat? I walked up to the checkout counter with two half-gallons of ice cream, excited after seeing the advertisement plastered on the glass door right in front … Read more
I know many of us are behind the curve in our technological world but why is it when my editor uses WORD on her computer it is not compatible with my MAC using a modified version of WORD so that I had to find a ‘workaround’ to finalize my editor’s suggestions for my next historical … Read more
Living in our technological world causes everyday frustrations for everyday people. Case in point: My wife and I were standing behind a lovely senior citizen couple trying to pay for items at the checkstand with a gift card. Frustrated because they didn’t know they had to go to a website first to make the card … Read more
Living in a technological world, can you imagine the precision required to account for “the Earth’s angular velocity in its elliptical orbit and its axial tilt to approximate when the sun actually crosses the Greenwich Meridian?” According to the equation of time, the difference could be as much as 16 minutes! Whew! Time for me … Read more
Living in a technological world, I have to wonder: is it really faster to use a telephone app at a gas pump than a card? Let me explain. I pulled up behind a car at a gas pump and noticed a refined individual standing by the car door with their back to me, fiddling with … Read more
Since we live in a technological world, do you remember when we were told that “computers will save you all kinds of time?” Well, I just counted—I have sixty-seven logins and passwords. Can you guess how much time I lose searching for a password, only to come up empty and unable to respond to … Read more
In our technological world, I still remember starting a new career, staring at the computer in front of me, and thinking, “How do I turn this on?” Now, when I call a business, I can’t seem to turn off artificial intelligence to talk to a real person—the one I actually need to solve the problem. … Read more
Since I live in everybody else’s technological world, I recently learned my Mac computer is not compatible with Microsoft systems making a simple task arduous.. Perhaps Snake Plissken was right when at the end of the movie, Escape from L.A., he wipes out all technology in the world. But then….how could my editor, Jessica Tilles, … Read more
Because it is a technological world we live in I had to take my computer and my cell phone along with me to a wedding four states away as the crow flies and eight states away as the plane flies. Did I use them both? Yes! Regrettably, taking valuable time away from face to face interaction … Read more