I read a blog about a 13 yr old boy who traded his iPod in for a Sony Walkman to commemorate the device's 30th anniversary. It took the boy three days to figure out there was music on the other side of the cassette tape and couldn't believe people actually used a device that held such a limited amount of low quality sounding music compared to what people use today.
Technology has changed drastically over the years. I still remember when 8-track players were common place in cars and quadrophonic was the latest & greatest in home stereo systems.. and yes.. home stereo systems had turntables. Now I can't think of life without DVD's, computers, iPhones. OMG! Nobody had cell phones when I was a teen. We had to rely on PayPhones (something you rarely see today..but you can find them in old movies).
But back to that 13 yr old boy's experience with older technology and a similar experience in my family. I have a clunky portable cassette player near my bird cage that I use to play "teach your bird to talk" cassettes tapes. One day I asked my youngest son (18 yr old) to start it for me. He had no clue how to turn the cassette tape over and make it play. I had to go over and explain how the player worked.. which really surprised me! Wonder how he would react to an 8-track player.
How can a generation in such a technical age be so perplexed when it comes to older, less advanced technology, while computers and other high tech devices come naturally?
The blog "Walkman, at 30, a mystery to teen" can be found at http://www.sfgate.com
Technology has changed drastically over the years. I still remember when 8-track players were common place in cars and quadrophonic was the latest & greatest in home stereo systems.. and yes.. home stereo systems had turntables. Now I can't think of life without DVD's, computers, iPhones. OMG! Nobody had cell phones when I was a teen. We had to rely on PayPhones (something you rarely see today..but you can find them in old movies).
But back to that 13 yr old boy's experience with older technology and a similar experience in my family. I have a clunky portable cassette player near my bird cage that I use to play "teach your bird to talk" cassettes tapes. One day I asked my youngest son (18 yr old) to start it for me. He had no clue how to turn the cassette tape over and make it play. I had to go over and explain how the player worked.. which really surprised me! Wonder how he would react to an 8-track player.
How can a generation in such a technical age be so perplexed when it comes to older, less advanced technology, while computers and other high tech devices come naturally?
The blog "Walkman, at 30, a mystery to teen" can be found at http://www.sfgate.com
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