At first glance, this whole new tech world is intimidating, don't you think? Life was easier when we pounded out news releases and memos on a Smith-Corona. That's a manual typewriter, right? Or is my psyche telling me I'm thirsting for a beer? (I hate it when I stress over a word).
The point is, it's a new and wonderful world. It takes a bit of an adjustment but think about how far we've come. Imagine our great-grandparents huddled around a wall-mounted phone in the 1900s to talk, hah! shout a hello, how are you to someone a few miles away while the operator who connected the call listened to every word (so he or she would know when to disconnect the call). There was no NSA just the neighborhood gossip that may pick up on the party line. Ah, yes, the good old days.
There actually was a day before "delete keys," and "cut and paste strokes." Easier? Humph! Corrections on a manual typewriter took the hand of an artist and the eye of a forger to accomplish and setting the type back on the same line was a game of chance to be celebrated when it was successful. As the old cigarette (remember them?) commercial said, "we've come a long way, baby."
That commercial was popular around the time that copies were still rolling off a mimeo. Now those were hazardous to your health. Twenty copies for an afternoon meeting? Maybe, but no guarantee. Pity the poor person called to don the apron and gloves. Up went the window. On went the fan. I've got news for our dear environmentally conscious brothers and sisters. Car emissions and cow flatulence did not cause the hole in the earth's ozone layer, It was the chemically induced belching of the mimeograph machine.
You may as well embrace the new world of techies, people. It's here to stay. And OMGosh the possibilities. Some of them are discovered by curiosity and the thought of, I wonder what will happen if I press this key? Sometimes, a whole new world opens before your eyes and somewhere in your moment of awe, you wonder how on earth you did that and know you'll never be able to duplicate it. Other times, as you shake your head in despair, you try to explain to the IT person on the other end of the phone . . . Well, you see, it was like this.
I'm going for a techie moment right now. Last night, I typed in the URL (yes, I know what that means) for the "Begotten With Love" book trailer on YouTube onto my Facebook page. I thought the address would go live and you'd be able to call it up if you'd like to see it. But what to my wondering eyes should appear (shamelessly borrowed from a brilliant writer*) but the video itself! Wow! I was shocked. I'm going to type the address in now and see if the same thing happens again. The book trailer is on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/NgyRew1Jm38. Hope you enjoy it and pass it on.
*References to: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Jo Ann V. Glim is a 40 year veteran of freelance writing and author of the newly released eBook "Begotten With Love." To learn more:
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