Week 9: The oldest 'native'... (part 2)

To these two people technology doesn’t seem to be a hindrance. They use the Internet daily in their line of work, but also for booking holidays, finding car insurance, internet shopping, and have changed their bills from paper form to online bills. The idea of convenience is implied here as they can get practically everything they want to find or access at their finger tips and do not have to leave the house or trek to town to get what they need. They also use the internet on their mobile phones to enable to get their information ‘on the go’. I also know that they scrapped buying a daily newspaper as it is far easier to find out the news headlines and current affairs via the internet , television or DAB radio. They interact with friends and family mainly through E-mail, IM, Facebook, phone calls and texting (with the exception of when they contact my mum and dad as both my parents know how to use the internet or a computer), howvere they do still come and visit us face to face! Although I do have the odd webcam conversation with them now and again. They both have an Ipod each which they use on the go as a form of entertainment. The also use other gadgets around the household and in the work place.

I do wonder however that maybe they are a little too dependant on this type of technology, I know that if this type of technology was to disappear they could probably go back to the old traditional methods but the idea of this convenience culture wouldn’t be there.