When was the first time you saw/used a computer and what kind of computer was it? |
Saw: Mid 1970s, a punchcard-fed mainframe at UCLA. I was 5 or 6 years old.Used: Late 1970s. It was a TRS-80 with a cassette tape drive. |
When was the first time you actually owned a computer and where/how did you get it? |
Mac Classic II in the early 90s. It was tricked out with 80mb of disc space and (get this) FOUR mb of RAM, which cost an extra $1500 |
How have computers and technology changed your life? |
Immensely. I went from teaching English to a career in IT by taking a summer job between semesters being a phone monkey at a call center for a new company called America Online in 1995 |
What did you not see coming? |
Crypto currency |
What do you expect from future technology? |
Tech implants. |
Tell me of a time when technology screwed up your day? |
December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000. I got roped into a 24 hour shift to be on standby in case the Y2K bug caused global chaos. |
Tell me of a time when technology saved the day? |
Pretty much every day. The way in which computers and the internet have ascended to be a central part of our lives is amazing. |
Comments? |
As a kid, we had a library hotline you could call. You’d talk to a person and could ask them a question. If they didn’t know the answer they’d research it and call you back. I call that “Search Engine 1.0” |