Dec 15 2008
Technology is really a boon!?
Technology is really a boon. Digital convergence was possible due to technological advances in all fields. We are immensely benefitted by the digital convergence. This revolution has helped us to run our daily lives very efficiently with lot of gadgets and gizmos that are easy to use.
Since the invention of steam engine later telephone and radio, in every discovery, the technological research advanced in leaps and bounds. Same is the case with airplanes. We are now enjoying all these fruits.
Few years ago I have to keep both a phone and a personal digital assistant. But today both these devises are combined in to smart phones. We can talk and send email notes with the same device and set personal schedules with ease. Similarly, computer notebooks. When I first saw a IBM laptop at my uncle’s home I wondered very much, about how they packed everything in to a small box. See today, netbooks, mobile internet devices and even touch screen phones are in proliferation. GPS navigators for not to lose the direction.
However there is negative aspects too. Too much typing using the computer turned my beautiful hand writing in to scribbling which is no more comprehensible, and also forced me to see a orthopedist. Besides privacy concerns, long talks with my friends, colleagues or family on cell phone, made my left ear insensible to other distant voices. I have developed a habit of checking my email box for every few minutes and waiting for PDA alarm to ring to see what is my schedule for the day.
Today I have made a decision not to use any of these devises for a couple of weeks. I want to practice hand writing and send snail mail, put off the smart phone and use paper calendar to make my schedules. In this way at least I can get back my brain to work normally.
