Heh, that's something that I've considered as well. If as I grow old, will I become like my parents with new technology. I'd like to think not, but who knows?
I didn't "get" Twitter, or even social networking in general. I finally gave in and created a Twitter account and I have to say, it's been incredibly helpful in some areas, and just plain fun in others. For instance, I recently contacted the organizer of a local Refresh gathering, and he started following me on Twitter and I him. Through that, I was able to get a glimpse of who he was before I ever met the guy. Very cool.
The folks at the Commoncraft show recently did "Twitter in Plain English". It's worth a watch if you just don't "get" Twitter.
If I'm not tied to a single source for my books then I may consider it, but I still enjoy they actual book feelings though. Weight, smell, etc... Some parts of reading a book have nothing to do with what is written... At least for me.
I agree with that 100%. I used to have a copy of Treasure Island that smelled like tobacco. I loved that book.
I use FireFox and Opera very heavily at work. FireFox for any normal browsing/development. And Opera primarily for . What constantly surprises me is the amount of memory that Opera uses with one tab. It starts at about 74,000K and grows to obscene amounts. (It grows with every new song) Greater than FireFox with several instances running, which is currently using 308,000K on my machine.
This could be due to poor Flash on Pandora's part, or, could there be problems with Opera?
While you're probably right in that most people are afraid of the 'learning curve', when I switched to Mac OS X about a year and a half ago, it was nearly seamless. Sure I spent the first few weeks fiddling around and trying to figure out what I could do, after that, I quickly grew into being a prolific Mac user.
Using Parallels, I have Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux installed on my MacBook Pro as well. I'll pop onto them every once in a while for different things, and while I enjoy playing around with Linux, I think it would be much harder to use Ubuntu in my every day activities than Mac.
Sure, as laptops get more powerful, they'll be able to handle even the most intense games. (by todays standards) However, as we get more power in our laptops, won't the games get even more hardware intensive? There will still be desktops around to handle those, and handle them well.
Of course... I run a Mac, so it doesn't matter to me. =D
Once Apple gets Safari for Windows to the point where it's very stable, I'll probably be recommending it to IE users. Yes, above FireFox and Opera.
I use a Mac with FireFox, but most people don't need the extensions that FireFox offers, I love them, but your average user won't use them.
What your typical end user wants: Simplicity, Speed, Security. IE offers simplicity, if Safari for Windows gets to the point where it's good (much better than it currently is) it will probably become my recommendation to your typical user....
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Visa are honest and trustworthy compared to paypal..
Tell that to all the people have to deal with their collection agencies.
No Internet. Seriously, that's why I wouldn't go to Mars for a while. Can you imagine the latency of Internet on Mars?
Heh, that's something that I've considered as well. If as I grow old, will I become like my parents with new technology. I'd like to think not, but who knows?
I didn't "get" Twitter, or even social networking in general. I finally gave in and created a Twitter account and I have to say, it's been incredibly helpful in some areas, and just plain fun in others. For instance, I recently contacted the organizer of a local Refresh gathering, and he started following me on Twitter and I him. Through that, I was able to get a glimpse of who he was before I ever met the guy. Very cool.
The folks at the Commoncraft show recently did "Twitter in Plain English". It's worth a watch if you just don't "get" Twitter.
I agree with that 100%. I used to have a copy of Treasure Island that smelled like tobacco. I loved that book.
I use FireFox and Opera very heavily at work. FireFox for any normal browsing/development. And Opera primarily for . What constantly surprises me is the amount of memory that Opera uses with one tab. It starts at about 74,000K and grows to obscene amounts. (It grows with every new song) Greater than FireFox with several instances running, which is currently using 308,000K on my machine. This could be due to poor Flash on Pandora's part, or, could there be problems with Opera?
While you're probably right in that most people are afraid of the 'learning curve', when I switched to Mac OS X about a year and a half ago, it was nearly seamless. Sure I spent the first few weeks fiddling around and trying to figure out what I could do, after that, I quickly grew into being a prolific Mac user.
Using Parallels, I have Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux installed on my MacBook Pro as well. I'll pop onto them every once in a while for different things, and while I enjoy playing around with Linux, I think it would be much harder to use Ubuntu in my every day activities than Mac.
Sure, as laptops get more powerful, they'll be able to handle even the most intense games. (by todays standards) However, as we get more power in our laptops, won't the games get even more hardware intensive? There will still be desktops around to handle those, and handle them well. Of course... I run a Mac, so it doesn't matter to me. =D
Once Apple gets Safari for Windows to the point where it's very stable, I'll probably be recommending it to IE users. Yes, above FireFox and Opera. I use a Mac with FireFox, but most people don't need the extensions that FireFox offers, I love them, but your average user won't use them. What your typical end user wants: Simplicity, Speed, Security. IE offers simplicity, if Safari for Windows gets to the point where it's good (much better than it currently is) it will probably become my recommendation to your typical user....