Monday, July 7, 2008

Life after weddings


Last weekend my daughter was married. MARRIED!
Who would believe it?

I've been joking that a wedding is a lot like a colonscopy-- the prep is far worse than the actual procedure, and after the fact, you have to look at the pictures to even remember what actually took place. It's all a blur.

In truth the pace of technological changes is much like this also. You spend hours learning to use a software program and briefly enjoy reaping the benefits of the new tool. Put it aside and you can only vaguely remember why you thought you needed the program/tool. Something new has replaced it. Something different is now the 'in' thing. If you kept track of the time you spent in learning, relearning, and actually using all these wondrous tools, would technology have saved you any time at all?