This sums up almost exactly where I am in regard to technology these days and kind of a followup to my post from a couple days ago.
"Over the years I've spent far more time than I care to count compiling scripts, screwing hardware into place and generally tinkering with technology.
"But then I got tired of it.
"I had reached the point to where, when I turned on a device, I just wanted it to work. I didn't want things to break so that I could find out how to fix them. I no longer wanted to play with my phone, my computer or my iPad. They were tools, to be used to complete a job. Sometimes they are in use as entertainment devices, but even then the entertainment is the content that they allowed me to access, rather than the devices themselves." ~ Brad McCarty, The Next Web Top Stories
Amen. That's how I feel these days, after doing tech work for the last 20+ years. I no longer hack my OS (most of the time) to make them do what I want. I just *want* them to do what I want.
People no longer buy new PCs, because the newest ones are faster or better. PCs are like appliances now, we use them till they're dead.
This kind of sums up my feelings on all-invasive technology. Who seriously wants to be "connected" 24/7?
Count me in on that as well.
No TV, computers or phones and I enjoy living much more.
Save for the Oscar ceremony, my TV has not been on for the past 30 days.
And I still need to figure out why I even watched that mess.