technology
Life in a Pandemic: Who am I?
There is a story of a pompous man pushing into the front of and airport check-in queue. The check-in girl tells him to go to the back of the queue. ‘Do you know who I am?’ asks the man. The check-in girl asks the queue, ’can anyone help? This man does not know who he is.’
I sympathise with this man, not because of pushing into a queue, but because I am not known by my name any longer. The days when I heard people say, ‘Hello, Mike, nice to see you,’ have gone because, in COVID protection mode, no one sees me.
Reduced to a Binary Digit
I am known to my computer but only as a string of digits. The screen wants to know my ID number, password, authentication code, admin password, username, wireless key, PIN, account number or registration key. Then there are numbers and codes sent to my phone which last only an hour or so. If I go to a bar or restaurant, my phone communicates with a QR code. I can text my order and someone brings drinks. [Read more…] about Life in a Pandemic: Who am I?
Smart Phone – No thank you
I bought a new mobile phone recently. Here it is.
Anything wrong with that? Yes, it’s not a fruit-flavoured smartie phone. Much to the bewilderment and frustration of family and friends, I refuse to own a smartphone. Why? No one has yet convinced me of the need. The phone I have makes and receives phone calls and text messages and that is pretty much all I need it to do. [Read more…] about Smart Phone – No thank you
Zooming Around and Cyberlaunch Tips
I trust everyone is keeping well. One aspect of the lockdown I hadn’t expected was finding the video conferencing app, Zoom, and wonder how I’ve not discovered its usefulness before. I’ve been on Skype and What’s App for a while but Zoom has come into its own. For more info do click on this link.
