Websters defines technology as a technical language, a technical method of achieving a practical purpose and the totality of the means employed to provide objects necessary for human sustenance and comfort. I admit I was at a loss at the beginning to answer the question about my personal experience with technology until I read this definition. I guess my first experience that I recall would be a radio at my grandparents home that we would sit around and get weather reports and listen to shows. From there I moved up to a small black and white television that brought in 2 channels, to a typewriter in highschool. We never owned a car in our family until I was in highschool and shortly after I learned to drive. My first experience with a computer was when I began to work in a bank and after 6 years they brought in a "machine" as they put it, that would allow us to eliminate writing up customer passbooks and inserting them into this big machine and it would be printed up for us. Wow, was I impressed! My husband began his first job at IBM in the early 70's and we bought the first personal computer IBM made in 1981 for $15,000.00. We finally got rid of it 10 years later but it still ran programs and our kids were the only ones who knew how to use a computer by the time they started kindergarten. Since then, I cannot keep up with all of the technological advancements in so many areas. Cell phones, Ipods, blackberries are just a few of the everyday objects deemed "necessary for human sustenance and comfort." If my grandparents were alive today, they would be amazed.
I have made it on to my blog and now I will look forward to looking for other's words of wisdom.
