How to Have Great Tomorrows
January 26, 2014
What Price are You NOT Willing Pay to Succeed?
June 13, 2014I used to equate technology with efficiency. But lately I’ve been re-examining the things I do and how I do them. And technology is not always the most efficient, in my own experience.
For example, I’ve found it easier to use a paper calendar than an electronic one. I periodically scan in a few weeks in advance, so if I lose it I won’t be lost. For me, it’s much faster to open that and write in it than to use the iPhone. I actually feel like an idiot typing one letter at a time on that to enter a simple appointment.
And my iPhone seems to almost always need to be plugged in, so I find using my home phone (yes, I still have one) more seems less complicated and people can actually hear me.
I enjoy that my iPod can easily hold 768,981.53 songs. But I’ve gone back to listening to albums on a record-player. I can only listen to one at a time anyway and it sounds better coming out of two knee-high Polk audio speakers. (No, I can’t carry around the turntable, but I don’t always need to be entertained.)
I’m not sure if I’m devolving, but I’m finding my life is much better using things that — once created — did not have to be updated every year. I’ve never had to replace the screen, keyboard or mouse on my 1950s Royal manual typewriter. Although I do use the internet to buy new ribbons for it.





