Comments on: Having the right equipment is important http://hummingbird604.com/2008/08/14/rightequipment/ The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Raul http://hummingbird604.com/2008/08/14/rightequipment/comment-page-1/#comment-1841 Raul Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-1841 @ Keith - Totally, I'm ultra dependent! @ Barbara - Fully agreed. She thinks that if she REALLY needs to print out something she can go to a net cafe. It's just that I'm impatient (you know, the hummingbird notwithstanding!) :) @ Keith – Totally, I’m ultra dependent!

@ Barbara – Fully agreed. She thinks that if she REALLY needs to print out something she can go to a net cafe. It’s just that I’m impatient (you know, the hummingbird notwithstanding!) :)

]]> By: Barbara Doduk http://hummingbird604.com/2008/08/14/rightequipment/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Barbara Doduk Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:16:39 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-1842 Thing is, does you mom even need that item. Would she use it? I understand you needed it, but clearly she has survived without it this long and since you never noted that she has complained about not having it, I assume she has done without quite nicely without it. I know tech people often can't imagine a world where someone doesn't want or need what techies want or need, but a HUGE part of the population doesn't really need the gadgets the world has. Just saying. Thing is, does you mom even need that item. Would she use it? I understand you needed it, but clearly she has survived without it this long and since you never noted that she has complained about not having it, I assume she has done without quite nicely without it.

I know tech people often can’t imagine a world where someone doesn’t want or need what techies want or need, but a HUGE part of the population doesn’t really need the gadgets the world has.

Just saying.

]]> By: Keith http://hummingbird604.com/2008/08/14/rightequipment/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 Keith Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:18:27 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-1843 It's amazing how dependent we can become on the technologies we use every day. I have similar struggles when I visit my parents or my in-laws... and they're just across the bridge. ;) As a result I tend to cart my MacBook with me everywhere I go... even if it's for a family dinner. It’s amazing how dependent we can become on the technologies we use every day. I have similar struggles when I visit my parents or my in-laws… and they’re just across the bridge. ;) As a result I tend to cart my MacBook with me everywhere I go… even if it’s for a family dinner.

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