Technology Obsession
I’ve been in the technology business for over 25 years and during that time have seen massive change occur. I can remember the first time I experienced word wrap on a Radio Shack TRS-80 computer – I was in awe when it automatically wrapped around to the next line. All I knew at the time was having to pull the lever on a manual type writer to perform a carriage return. I remember programming an Apple II to view data in a spreadsheet format from a floppy drive. I designed the program (we call them “Apps” today) to dynamically adjust and wrap the data fields as needed – it was amazing (at the time). I wrote “Apps” on a DEC VAX 780 dumb terminal that drew custom screens and forms for data input and manipulation. I was the master of my technology… Okay, I’m getting all nostalgic here… :-) Back in the day, most people didn’t interact much with technology unless their job required it somehow. Today, technology invades our lives. People line up over...