My dad is old. I mean ooolllldddd. He'll be 60 in May. But he acts like a little kid when it comes to technology. Computers, DVR, satellite radio, and his beloved iPhone. Often you can find him tinkering with his phone adding new music and apps and then giggling like a school girl when he discovers a new trick. It's quite adorable.
But the reason he gets so excited is because technology has come so far since he was a kid. Back when he was my age, the hot new item was a portable radio. "You could plug in your headphones and walk down the street jamming with music in your pocket." So you can imagine his joy at being able to choose the music in his pocket. And on top of that having a calendar, phone, address book, gps, voice recorder, notepad, internet, and games in one little box.
Dad told me he remembered when the first color TV came to his town. The lady who owned it would leave her door open and all the kids would crowd in the hall to watch old westerns in technicolor. And now he can keep track of all his favorite shows via DVR. (This is especially useful for SYTYCD, because we can rewind the dances we like and talk about them. Hooray art!)
It's nice to see the world through his eyes. And I wonder where technology will be when I'm almost 60.
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