Are you feeling obsolete?

Old processor going too slow?

Memory leak affecting you?

Maybe its time to upgrade?

Ok, you get it. I see that you’re not the geek. You’re not technically minded. You are someone who wants the TV to work and doesn’t care about the inside.

Another common mistake made by you is, “Technology is being developed too fast for my old self to catch up”.

Yes a common misconception among people of any age. Technology is NOT being developed quickly at all. We as a society are slow to implement technology and developing anything can take years. For example, the Iphone by apple (actually the Iphone naming is held under Cisco) is not new technology. Someone could have released the same product a few years back (some did) but it wouldn’t have picked up. Why? Because it would be a brick. Computer chips are only getting smaller with every so often a new development to lower power requirements or electricity throughput. We are limited by size, shape, batteries and consumer opinion.

Huh? You maybe thinking.

When something revolutionary is created, its fully criticized on every level. That’s just one of the reasons why it takes so long for something new to come to the market. Another factor is the company creating it, the building processes, cost and transport. Marketing also pays a big part of it and so does fashion. The Ipod succeeded not because it was an alright product, it was because it was socially thought of as “cool”. There were better music players on the market at the time but the Ipod won. It was not a huge step in technological development but the implementation and awareness of music playing devices exploded. It is now common place to have wires hanging out your ears.

So how do I keep up with technology? How can I stop it affecting me so greatly?

Well easy, keep up to date on what’s happening. I use Google news to quickly view and sometimes read some of the latest developments. Google just indexes the top news sites and provides the first few lines of the story. Its a quick, easy way to stay up to date on the technology news. Plus you will start to notice half of what comes up each day is a repeat of another day. This makes reading quicker and makes you more aware there isn’t too much new development. It may take you 5 minutes each day or every 2nd day. The result of which means you may never be surprised at new products such as the Ipod or Iphone or even Windows Vista (was codenamed longhorn 2 years ago when it was originally supposed to come out).

Another great thing about this is that you start to pick up technical terms, and knowledge meaning you are learning more each day.

So are you becoming obsolete? NO. You just need to stop being lazy for 5 minutes a day and learn a bit.

If you want to or need to learn more about the computer and other such technology, a good way to do will be through this site. I put my knowledge onto this website and in front of you so that you can learn more. (Sign-up if you want a weekly (newsletter/wake up call) to my free newsletter for even more information)

Just one question for you to think about…

What’s the fastest/best computer in the world?

(Scroll down for the answer)

THE HUMAN BRAIN. Sure we may be slower in math’s calculations but computers can think, have emotions and process the world around it. (YET) You are not obsolete. No one is.

Cameron has developed a large amount of knowledge about computers mainly picked up by personal experience. Although Cameron is a programmer, he has a vast amount of knowledge on such things as computer hardware, networks and the internet. He continues to help those in need of computer help and has recently developed his own website for helping those who either want help with a computer problem or just want to learn more.