I come from an analog age. I grew up capturing images on film and waiting for them to be developed to see what I had shot. I had rotary timepieces and used a rotary telephone on a party line. I had to get up out of my chair and turn a dial on my black and white TV to change the channel. I extracted music from pieces of black plastic using a needle. I remember when Pong was cutting edge video game technology.
My children have always had personal computing devices and play their music wherever they are from compressed digital files. They have always known the Internet and take Google for granted. They can communicate instantly and inexpensively with friends around the globe. At the rate things change, I wonder what their children will see.
Here are my daughter and god-granddaughter playing a game on the iPod Touch.
So very sad and so very true. Although I may not be that old myself, I still regret how things have changed so very much. There's no "family time" anymore. There's "You're bored? Well go watch some tv, we have a million channels" :(
Yes Cindy, we used to hand write or type our school paper onto waxy purple paper, attach the sheets to the drum of the mimeograph machine and crank out the copies. I think it's one of those smells you never forget. :)
This is so cute and what you say is so true as well. Imagine from MY point of view. I grew up in a time when, as a girl, not many had TV sets and our phone lines were shared with others.
It's amazing how techonology has evolved in our time. I rember and even miss some of the old things. I think things have been lost in the progress. Yesterday I went to my son's school orientation and I was horrified by mothers and children texting and/or talking on their phones instead of doing the last school event with their kids. In 10th grades parents become obsolete :(
Wow- I really love your caption. I can tell you had a sudden inspiration. Glad you shared your thoughts with us! And what cute girls you have in your life!
yup! I went to the music in DC and saw an Apple IIe on display. Hmm...I felt old since that is one of the first computers that I remember playing on. I like how you captured their expressions in this pic.
Loving your title and commentary, Brad.... so so true! When I was 5 we had an old Pravetz 8 computer, on which we were allowed to play games only for an hour a day... and it was a big thing, because most children back then didn't even know what a computer was. And now, kids are naturals with everything electronic... It just makes me wonder what life will be like in 20 years from now?
Oh Brad, this is marvelous...and yes, I immediately thought of Matt's photo, too! (Your girls are adorable!) Your "Memory Lane" is the same one I've been down, and isn't it wonderful to be from a generation that has watched the transition? There are markers in years long past when the world changed, and we are part of a major time warp, too. I'll share that I remember the day I was pulling into the driveway & heard on the radio about a new website called "Google" that was going to bring up information faster than anything we'd used thus far. My first thought was to run into the house and write that down so I wouldn't forget it! (Imagine!) And there was the day, on a morning tv show, when someone showed me my first "CD" and said it was going to hold all the music we'd formerly had on a record album! I was just amazed! ...and that's what we've had for so many years now...that sense of awe! Wouldn't trade it for the world!
(Thanks for the kind words & prayer for our little guy... Went to see him this evening & he looks like a prize fighter with a shiner, but he's going to be his gorgeous self again soon...he's handling it well, and is being fawned over by us all. He accepts it and then starres as the treat package...he's communicating well. He'll live :-)
haha i can relate to some of your retro moments brad... except for the game console, i started using "family computer" and my fave game is super mario brothers....
nway bout this photo, nice capturing moments... =)
oh gosh- I remember when I was in 5th grade my school got it's very first computers. They were Apples and the only screen colors being black and green :) My daughters both have a Mac laptops for each child in thier classrooms! Great shot Brad and wonderful commentary. Thanks for your suggestion in my box!
I feel ya, Brad! I have watched much of the digital age myself and am now watching Nathaniel and seeing all of the things he will always have known. In his Kindergarten class they had a Smart Board. Will he even know what a chalk board is? It blows my mind to think about it.
This is such a great photo Brad. I love the reflection of the iPod in your daughter's glasses! :) ...and the look of concentration on their faces is perfect for your commentary!
And I still have a love for those pieces of black plastic we used needles on to hear music....the scratchy sound of an old LP just gives songs that much more character! Still....I do really fancy my iPod Touch....
love this photo! and thanks for the memories! I LOVED the smell of those purple dittos! And I have PONG on my new "smart phone" (the one that makes me feel kinda...not so smart...haven't figured it all out yet)
OH how true your caption is. I closed my eyes and bowed my head in memory of rabbit ears and NOT having instant communication gratification! Your picture is precious! Their little faces...so intent on playing! I LOVE how the little one is decked out in what I imagine is some kind of fairy/princess gear; a sure sign of some things never changing!
So well put. I love how that technology helps connect us over generations too. My sons and their friends listen to as much Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, U2 and sometimes even Madness as they do Fat Freddies Drop, MIA and Bloc Party.
A little scary yet cool to witness this transformation. My 2.5 year old guy started on my wife's iPhone and so the transition was seamless to the iPad. The other day we handed him an iPhone and he said, "Uh no. I want daddy's iPad please". I have a feeling when our kids grow up they're going to laugh our blu-ray like we laugh at 8-tracks. Anyways, thanks Brad. I take comfort in knowing we're not alone!
our kids are light years ahead, aren't they?! great capture of a sign of the times!!
Great shot and commentary :)
(Thanks for the kind words & prayer for our little guy... Went to see him this evening & he looks like a prize fighter with a shiner, but he's going to be his gorgeous self again soon...he's handling it well, and is being fawned over by us all. He accepts it and then starres as the treat package...he's communicating well. He'll live :-)
nway bout this photo, nice capturing moments... =)
And I still have a love for those pieces of black plastic we used needles on to hear music....the scratchy sound of an old LP just gives songs that much more character! Still....I do really fancy my iPod Touch....
ah, the good old days... hahaha