Except for the most determined technophobe, technology is an unavoidable part of contemporary life . We take so many things for granted that were not on anyone's (except some geeks in a lab) radar a few years ago. I was reading an older novel from the early 1970s, and one plot twist hinged on the fact that the protagonist could not get to a phone to warn someone else about impending danger. Well, Duh! why didn't she use her cell phone! Only 30 some odd years, but the whole episode loses its impact and just becomes sort of quaint.
The current trend is the interrelatedness of what used to be separate technologies. If you have the funds to purchase the service, you can send e-mail, watch movies, and surf the Web on your cell phone. Our satellite TV receiver is also a digital recorder. Images can be grabbed from anywhere, posted on Flickr in several different ways and from there uploaded to one of a whole list of blogging software. It's deceptively easy but overwhelming at the same time.
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