Allergic to Technology

I am more aware every day that we are living in a divided business culture. The rapidly moving technology – did you just stop reading the blog? That’s my point. When I say the word to people many become tense and evasive.

There is a whole new business world lived in by those who have embraced what is happening. Some recent studies indicate that the younger technology citizens actually have different hard wiring in their brains created by their new thinking patterns.

What will become of the luddites? A survey last year asked Americans about internet use. An amazing 45% said they never used it as there was nothing of interest to them “on it”.

Am I technically savvy? No, but I am learning and relearning and learning again. I would like to have a program on womanradio.org to outline what current technology can do to solve business problems and create opportunities for women.

I offer as an example. A few years ago if we hauled our huge monitors and computers to the cottage we could have the luxury of longer weekends. Dial up meant only one person could work at a time and no one could phone us.

It was slooow.

Two summers ago it all changed. We got satellite web; almost high speed in the north of Ontario. I got VOIP in the office in Toronto. The messages came up on my computer at the cottage. Then I got Skype. Excellent quality in free calls to everywhere. What it had done for me became very clear one early June morning. I had peddled a few miles on my bike, cell phone in my pocket in case of an accident miles from anywhere and stopped to look at a sparkling lake with baby ducks going by and one quiet sail boat cutting the ripples. The sound of KD Lang’s Hallelujah in my ears from tiny buds that held enough music for hours of biking. A perfect moment. It came to me that the technology had made the great shift in my life style possible. I stay at the cottage nearly all summer. What happened if a meeting was required? It was not difficult to tempt people to come for a swim and dinner.

Would you listen to a program about technology? Should you be the host of the show? Let me know.