Tag: Technology

  • Kids React: Rotary Phones

    Kids React: Rotary Phones

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    My kid is barely a year and a half and she is already obsessed with technology. But holy crap, I can’t even imagine what technology will be like when she’s our age.

  • Kids React to Typewriters

    Kids React to Typewriters

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    I actually remember typing on a typewriter when I was younger. My dad had one of the more “advanced” models that had some digital aspects to it (don’t ask me the specifics, but I’m sure he could tell you), but it was a typewriter nonetheless. I suppose back then it was cool to hear the…

  • “Technology” – Convos With My 2-Year-Old

    “Technology” – Convos With My 2-Year-Old

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    That face you see above? The face of, “You just took away my screen!” I know it’s coming sooner than later, and I already fear it (along with the ensuing whining sure to follow).

  • My Child May Never Need to Drive!

    My Child May Never Need to Drive!

    I recently read an article that  self-driving cars (SDCs) will hit the mass-market and be fairly affordable around 2030, and Isabel will be able to drive in 2029. This means that the first car she buys for herself, could be self-driving. Mind blown! It’s weird how the future becomes a little more “real” when a child…

  • iPhone for a 3-Year-Old?

    iPhone for a 3-Year-Old?

    I had a really cool useless pager in middle school and got my first cell phone (see above) in high school. Texting was in its infancy and cost 10 cents per message. Screens were green and black and could do barely more than make a phone call and run the game Snake. Fast forward 11…