Tuesday, July 28, 2015

July 28: Writing Prompt #209-Life After Blogs

Your life without a computer: what does it look like?
Life without a computer doesn’t look all that different than my life today. Instead of sitting in my recliner with this laptop, you would find a journal and pen in my hand.  And unfortunately, or maybe FORTUNATELY, you all would not be reading it, as it would not be posted for all to see.  It would remain unseen by anyone except me.  There’d be no “googling” answers to questions and searching for nearby hikes to take the dog on. Instead, we’d be scouring our “Day Hike” book on the Olympic Peninsula (Thankfully, we actually have this book), and I’d be reading my NW travel book from a hardback cover, not a Kindle.  We’d have to go back to using the dictionary, encyclopedias, and/or the library and tourist information offices for these sorts of travel/entertainment needs and general questions that come up in our daily lives.   Camera cards would be taken to Wal-Mart for processing pictures to put in scrapbooks as we used to do, and cell phones…considering they are now “smart”….well, if we didn’t have computers, we probably wouldn’t have cell phones either.  No more cell phone photos, games, calling from wherever you are at that moment, etc…
At my job site, not much would change either. We’d not longer have to monitor children playing educational games on the computers in the classrooms.  Lesson plans would have to be written by hand again, and communication between management, which is typically done by e-mail, would have to be done in person or by phone.  The Polaroid would be the best choice of cameras for the classrooms’ needs, so we could print pictures immediately (with no computers at work, we wouldn’t be able to print pictures anymore).  Trainings would ALL have to be in person, no online training or coursework for completing certifications and degrees.  And all hand done signs, marketing information, etc…instead of computer generated. 

How about you? How would  life without computers affect you? 

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