Perspective
Friday, April 10, 2015 at 4:22PM 
I’ll just come right out and say it. I’m 58 years old. While some people are obsessed with hiding their age, I’m kinda proud I made it this far and don’t mind bragging a little bit. Those who knew me in my youth are probably a little surprised I’m still sucking wind. Well, they don’t know my wife, I guess. Aside from being the love of my life, she’s the person that keeps me out of trouble (for the most part). And, while she’s brilliant at what she does, she’s typical of most in our age group when it comes to technology. We both learned to use a slide rule in high school and our college computer courses involved punch cards, but that’s where our technical similarity ends. She uses just enough tech to do her job while I chose technology as a profession years ago mainly because I wasn’t getting enough of it when it was just a hobby. My youngest daughter (16) has been raised in a time when the ubiquitous Internet is a simple fact of life and smartphones are harder to live without than a missing limb. Her first mobile device was an iPhone 3GS and her first computer was a Core i5, 13” MacBook Pro. Recently, I was prompted to give some thought to the differences in our perspectives regarding technology by reading the latest biography of Steve Jobs, “Becoming Steve Jobs”.
