technology, shmechnology.

i think technology has become somewhat of a disease. your phone was the coolest thing ever way back when and all it did was talk. then we added texting. and now...well companies have created this need for the latest technology that isn't actually a necessity. it was merely a year and a half ago that i needed to have a smartphone. i got the droid incredible by htc and it was blissful devotion from day one. i jazzed it up, i changed my background every other day, i downloaded apps and played games and checked facebook. slowly, however, the appreciation for the instant satisfaction wore off, and if my phone lagged for maybe three to five seconds i was becoming frustrated. i mean, this phone was supposed to be fast, right? so why did it take five seconds to load my facebook homepage? if i accidentally left my phone at home and couldn't instantly check the weather, couldn't shazam a new song on the radio, couldn't immediately update my status to my latest emotion--i was intensely frustrated. the novelty was becoming a necessity. and quite frankly, i'm disgusted with myself. thank goodness my husband finally came to the conclusion he didn't want/need his phone anymore otherwise i'm not sure i ever would have. i feel so much more independent, so much more alive and present in the real world. so much more involved. which i know, sounds crazy. but it's true.

i'd like to know why on earth we're wasting all of this money developing phones that try to be computers when who, honestly, complained about their computers and wished they were phone sized? if i recall, computers used to be entirely stationery. so the fact that we created a laptop--a mobile computer--is a wonderful accomplishment in itself. i mean who honestly complained, "gosh i hate having this laptop around. it's so inconvenient being able to have a computer with me wherever i go." like i said, things that weren't even in our realm of consciousness have now become necessities.

a nugget to leave you with: the most mind-blowing technology to me is the camera. think about what it's doing for a minute, and the fact that we somehow made it digital on top of that. blows. my. mind.