It looks to me like many tech websites and online magazines are pay to play, even large, important sounding ones. This leads to an overly positive view of technology. The buggy, unfinished nature of most of the hardware and software we use is nowhere to be found in their rosy descriptions. Many online reviews are … Continue reading Google Play Store Reviews May Be A Good Source on Bugs, Defects, Design Flaws & More
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I relearned how to learn
I unlearned the process where you receive knowledge handed down by brilliant people over six millennia and learned to randomly stab at buttons on a screen.
Cable/Internet: I remember a few years ago
I could turn my TV off by hitting one button on my remote instead of four. Amazon had complete lists of ingredients for the food and supplements they sold. Amazon had large excerpts of the books it sold so you could tell if the author knew how to write before you bought the book.
I remember the early 2000’s
Everything had a spell and grammar check you ran when you were done writing. My email had a choice of fonts, type sizes, bold or italics. Spell checks weren't wrong a lot. Google search had a feature that highlighted the words you were looking for within the pages it found. Google allowed you to find any … Continue reading I remember the early 2000’s
Cause It's Like That 