I am a senior and want to encourage all seniors around me in the real world as also in my virtual world to befriend computers. Once one becomes familiar with how a computer works it can be a companion as it has happened to me. I can spend 24 hours a day if I want to, and I will not be bored.
The old computer courses that I went through like dbase, basic, excel and stuff proved redundant when Windows came into existence. I bought a couple of books entitled ‘windows for dummies’ and browsed through them. I did not attend any classes but my friend who was teaching computers came over and sat with me a couple of times. I found Windows to be user friendly unlike everything else that I had picked up in those other courses. From then on I tried to work on my own. In this process I did mess up with my hard disc and had to go in for new stuff a couple of times. The disc space those days was half GB, Today I have enough memory most of which I do not use.
Slowly but with a lot of patience I progressed and today I can proudly say that I know how to use a computer with all the features that are packed in there.
I record my own voice, create movies, scan, print, do online shopping and banking and am adept at using the various other features qualifying me to be called a computer wizard if I might say so myself. .
There is one thing I do not believe in is to just going on upgrading just because upgrades are available. I have come across many upgrade but i know those who have gone in for them never make use of all the additional features that these upgrades promise.
I have a desktop computer and I am very comfortable working on it. I have an efficient Technician who is always available on call.
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Yes. It was a shock when one day I realized that one of our presidents did not know how to use a word processor. Imagine that. It was a joy when one of my friends told me his kids gave him the Bible in a digital format as a gift. He was an elder in the church. I thought to myself: Does he know how to use it?? If you can write with a pencil, you can use a computer. Although … when it comes to cell phones, iPhones, etc. ... I ask my kids to make the phone calls for me. If they are not around I might even ask my grandchild to help me out. :) Hey! My husband is much worse. We could never get him to check his eMails. We gave up! :)
Having known you here for a while I just cannot believe that you need assistance with your cell phones. I am sure if you apply your mind just a bit you will fly.
It's not my mind that's resisting. It's my eyes. The cell phones really make me strain to see things. A laptop is much easier and even that wearies my eyes. I wear reading glasses. My husband tells me to go see an eye doctor and get prescription glasses. I keep telling him I will but I keep putting it off. :)
Yes ofcourse. I too prefer the big screen. I in fact use the desktop. Sadly these days everything is transferred to mobile such as those Apps which I just hate. Soon India will be having money transactions through mobiles. I only hope we will have the facility to do it through our computers.
I too am not happy with the switch to “all things mobile”. But there are some things we have to learn to live with. Especially in the wonderful world of technology. The “mobile wave” is one of those things. :)
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More technological changes, such as the development of fiber optic cables and faster microprocessors, accelerated the transmission and processing of information. The World Wide Web, used initially by companies as an electronic billboard for their products and services, morphed into an interactive consumer exchange for goods and information.
Electronic mail (email ), which permitted near-instant exchange of information, was widely adopted as the primary platform for workplace and personal communications. The digitization of information has had a profound impact on traditional media businesses, such as book publishing, the music industry and more recently the major television and cable networks.
As information is increasingly described in digital form, businesses across many industries have sharpened their focus on how to capitalize on the Information Age.