I was working on my umpteenth powerpoint presentation for school last week, and I realized that when I was doing my senior "comps" in college, we didn't use powerpoint. It may have existed, but only the army and Al Gore were using it. I made transparencies for my final presentation. I used an overhead projector. An overhead projector! And... we had email, but it was a text-command-interface email. We used reference books. Microfiche. Those of you who are not as incredibly old as I am will have no idea what I'm talking about.
I don't feel that old, but the technology I used as a young adult is now spectacularly antiquated. I can't even begin to imagine what kind of technology Dutch will use when she reaches the advanced age of 32.
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here here!
With ya, sister... even in college I was still clacking away at a regular ole typewriter. Computers scared me.
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