{"id":7187,"date":"2011-09-13T09:29:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T14:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/?p=7187"},"modified":"2011-09-13T09:29:12","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T14:29:12","slug":"technology-real-estate-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/13\/technology-real-estate-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology, Real Estate and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This post is written by the Luddite, Amy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m of the generation that started using computers in grammar school.  I died more than once from dysentery while playing Oregon Trail.  I&#8217;m sure many of you fine readers suffered similar fates.  After college I worked for IT consulting firms.  Again, surrounded by technology.  I used to transfer data from legacy computer systems to whatever new, spiffy software my company was installing.  Thrilling, I know.<\/p>\n<p>Today I continue to find myself inundated with technology.  My laptop for all of my everyday work.  My smart phone (currently a Droid 2-something-or-other) for talking, emailing, texting and surfing the web while I&#8217;m on the go.  And most recently, an iPad2.  I&#8217;ve lovingly named it Tiny.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Tiny-the-iPad.jpg\" alt=\"Tiny the iPad\" title=\"Tiny the iPad\" width=\"369\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7205\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Tiny-the-iPad.jpg 369w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Tiny-the-iPad-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/>Kyle convinced me that we needed the iPad for business stuff.  I&#8217;m not going to tell you for what exactly because that&#8217;s strategic voodoo and many of our competitors read this blog, so I can&#8217;t be letting them in on the goods.  Let&#8217;s just say he had a compelling argument on why we should have one.  So I sent him off to the store to make the purchase.  My only input was to demand the sky blue colored cover rather than the apple green one he proposed.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe there is something wrong with me (and I&#8217;ve been told by several that there is), but I really have no interest in the latest addition to our family.  Tiny, while cute, small and light has no draw for me.  I shudder when I look at it.  Another device and technology to learn- I&#8217;ve been a Microsoft girl since undergrad, some 17 years ago.  Another time suck.  My laptop and phone seem to do everything that it does.  Why the redundancy?<\/p>\n<p>Urgh.  I&#8217;m all about technology and my job, but it&#8217;s getting to a point where I&#8217;m starting to feel overwhelmed.  I need to keep up with my various devices.  I need to keep up with Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and Google+ (does it even exist anymore?  I just don&#8217;t know&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>When can I go back to doing my job?  After I learn how to use Tiny to make me &#8220;better&#8221; at my job, I guess&#8230;  Thanks Kyle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This post is written by the Luddite, Amy. I&#8217;m of the generation that started using computers in grammar school. I died more than once from dysentery while playing Oregon Trail. I&#8217;m sure many of you fine readers suffered similar fates. After college I worked for IT consulting firms. Again, surrounded by technology. I used to transfer data from legacy computer systems to whatever new, spiffy software my company was installing. Thrilling, I know. 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