| 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” |
