Tech moms in a connected world
I am writing this for Intel Fleximoms Tech Moms Blogathon
I have been talking about how technology has become an integral part of my life. I realised that age has nothing to do with acceptance and use of technology. Take my parents. My parents have discovered the joys of technology and connectivity. My mother realized the benefits of a mobile phone much before I did. She is a pro at computer games (she just needs to read the instructions once and she starts winning – well almost everytime), knows how to operate a computer and access internet. My father is an avid ‘Googler’. They are constantly enamoured of what the latest technological developments have to offer. You need a number to source a need, they will tell you to call up the voice local search companies for the same, as if it is the most natural thing in the world to do.
Their never ending desire to see what is available and how it is useful, is amazing. They will read articles on FB, even if they do not possess an account and want to know what Twitter is. Is it not amazing that technology has opened up new areas of interest for them and given them the experience of new wonders?
Some of the most popular tweets are by the senior citizens like Amitabh Bachchan. Yes, age, I believe, has nothing to do with curiosity. We might become smug as we have grown up with all the hoopla around us, but people who were born much before us are the heroes here. For their acceptance of and embracing technology and using it bravely, even if all they do with a mobile phone is to make and receive calls.
They have made it a part, we are the cusp generation and the young ones have been born with the technical spoon in their mouths. Yes, when I see three and four year olds handle computers and mobile phones like they were born to it, I hang my head and hope to better myself. And, meet them somewhere. Maybe, I will succeed.
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