Think all IT pros go crazy over tech tools and toys? Not TechRepublic's Alan Norton. In fact, he may be approaching geek heresy with his take on these popular devices. I didn't think it could happen, but it has. I've become old school. It wasn't all that long ago when I was but a young pup punching Hollerith cards in the basement of the University of Arizona's Computer Science building.
I do find myself in part now longing for the simple days when IT was called MIS and 640K was considered enough memory for a PC. There are new technologies others crave that I shun. One of my neighbors, Chuck, is a true lover of new technology. He has a robot named RoboSapien, and he just ordered a roving robot named Rovio that has WIFI and a Web cam. He tells me he wants to keep track of his Shih Tzu puppy, Bodhi, but I know a tech-obsessed person when I see one.
I like bleeding edge technology, but there are some high-tech devices I can live without. Note: This article is also available as a PDF download. 1: The most annoying techno-gadget ever, AKA the cell phone I had to use a cell phone as a requirement of my last job but I didn't have to like it. It was so small, I felt foolish talking into thin air, as if I were talking to some great invisible cosmic force and not a person. Are people really willing to accept limited coverage, lousy connections, roaming charges, and expensive monthly bills for phone-freedom? Obviously they are. According to Wikipedia, there were 4.6 billion cell phone subscriptions at the end of 2009.
I do find myself in part now longing for the simple days when IT was called MIS and 640K was considered enough memory for a PC. There are new technologies others crave that I shun. One of my neighbors, Chuck, is a true lover of new technology. He has a robot named RoboSapien, and he just ordered a roving robot named Rovio that has WIFI and a Web cam. He tells me he wants to keep track of his Shih Tzu puppy, Bodhi, but I know a tech-obsessed person when I see one.
I like bleeding edge technology, but there are some high-tech devices I can live without. Note: This article is also available as a PDF download. 1: The most annoying techno-gadget ever, AKA the cell phone I had to use a cell phone as a requirement of my last job but I didn't have to like it. It was so small, I felt foolish talking into thin air, as if I were talking to some great invisible cosmic force and not a person. Are people really willing to accept limited coverage, lousy connections, roaming charges, and expensive monthly bills for phone-freedom? Obviously they are. According to Wikipedia, there were 4.6 billion cell phone subscriptions at the end of 2009.