Forced to keep up
More and more of my time seems to be spent on the computer and on grappling with learning new programmes or applications -whether it’s to learn how to update website blog, put together some kind of graphic image, edit photos, videos or sound, do administration consult people’s availability, etc. Now with music I have finally begun to embark -belatedly- on transferring onto computer to be able to play through an ipod. I had barely moved from tapes to CD and now I finally have a few CDs they have become redundant as the man in the shop told me when I enquired about the possibility of buying a machine which would play CD’s and IPOD. In fact I was shown speakers that don’t even plug into anything and can be activated remotely. I can see in writing this I am revealing my extreme backwardness in embracing new technology and my general slowness in moving forward. These are all amazing developments. But at the same time I can’t help feeling that this relentless renewal and upgrading of everything around us actually prevents us moving forward as we are so busy running to stand still. I must be getting old…