yesterday at 8:44 am
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Mark Martinez, Thierry R. Andriamirado, Tom Landini and 7 other people liked this
"...your age might have something to do with your attitudes and emotions surrounding technology." I am petty for saying this but, "duh!". The issue is whether you've "grown up" with the technology or not. But as the rate of technological advancement accelerates, it will become more difficult for anyone to stay on top of it. That's the job of a good user interface design to solve. To make technology so intuitive and transparent that we don't have to think about how to use it or troubleshoot it. - Lindsay Donaghe
people have always been afraid of technology that was new at the time - radio, nuclear power, cars, you name it. - Joelle Nebbe
whenever people have to burn energy that comes not from a wish within them...they try to avoid it. age does not matter at all. if my 2year old daughter dont see it as benefitial to change diaper she would not want to do so. - Chris Hofmann
Get off my lawn! - Bwana
wait, wait, who really "invents" in technology? The old stinky monkeys or the young stupid folks with acne vulgaris? :) - directeur
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Seems there's a point where the effort made to "catch up" becomes too overwhelming. I know nothing about cars and I'm at the point in my life where I'd rather pay someone else to deal with it than climb up the learning curve to do basic things. That may tie into age, and I might not look on this as "old fogeys" being scared of change, but just not having the time. - Jason Kaneshiro
Good points all around, but the best is the idea that stuff doesn't go mainstream until people are comfortable with it. - Tom Landini
This is so true. I find that I seldom freak out over computer errors, but the smallest error will send some people I know into a fit. I guess it partly lays in the fact that I know what's wrong.. or I'm just used to all the errors. Damn you, Microsoft! - Mark Martinez
