I’ve always been a late adopter with technology. Ask my nieces who teased me when I went from an iPhone 7 to a 14. Who makes the leap to double up on their iPhone but me? So when I recently started considering electric vehicles, I thought I was getting on board way ahead of my … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Learning to Fly – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Rotary phone. Touch tone phone. Digital phone. Cordless phone. Cell phone. Flip phone. Blackberry. Smart phone. Man, phones have changed during my lifetime. It’s not only the phones, but also the different ways we’re able to communicate at the tips of our fingers. Phone calls. Emails. Text messages. Tweets. Video calls. The majority of the … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: South Central Rain – REM
We didn’t grow up with a computer in the house. It’s not because we couldn’t afford one. It’s because they simply did not exist. This fact probably would shock the young folks that I work with because their lives have revolved around technology since they can remember. Growing up, we had to play the old … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: And It Stoned Me – Van Morrison
What technology would you be better off without, why? I’m coming up with a big fat donut. So far, every piece of technology has made life more convenient. I don’t think I would cut out any of it. I will say our cable bill has been creeping up on us. It makes me wonder if … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: With or Without You – U2
What is your favorite website? I can go anywhere as long as there is an internet connection or it’s Verizon friendly. I’m never concerned about killing time. I can always occupy myself as long as I have my phone. I usually catch up on the news, sports, podcasts, YouTube, WordPress or email. I mostly use … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
My mom called the other day and asked if I wanted the old encyclopedia set. She couldn’t bring herself to throw it away because it still was in good condition. My thoughts drifted to Thomas Guide maps, foot thick phone books and Sunday newspapers. Searching for information used to be so different back in the … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Pop Musik – M (Robin Scott)
Gen X grew up during a technological explosion. We became a unique hybrid, comfortable using technology but also remembering when life was more primitive. When I was a kid, we didn’t have CDs or Spotify playlists. Our cars didn’t even have cassette decks in the early days. Like all Gen Xers, we had to make … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Route 66 – Depeche Mode
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