I came across this
article. It talks about the top 30 PC skills that one should have when using a PC. After looking at it, I can say that I'm not an expert on how to use a computer. I would probably rank myself at about above-average.
But as I think about it, during the course of working with a wide variety of people that hold computer-related positions, there are just some people just lack the basic knowledge of using a PC. They have problems on how to save files, preventing the installation of spyware software when installing other software
[which result in having your task bar filled with all those mini-icons]or do basic research on the internet. Perhaps the fault is with me, that my thinking is at fault; and they probably think that I lack skills that they think I should have, like better writing skills , or how to use a fax machine.
Yes, fax machines. Fax machines just scare me. I don't like using them because it is like my documents go into a blackhole and 10 minutes later you get a status report whether it was successful or not. If it isn't successful, does that mean it will try again or do you need to re-sent it through? Also, if you hear the fax dialing out and it gets a busy signal/wrong number and you hit cancel, does the image of the pages you fax get deleted in memory or will it try again in a couple of minutes. But I think what really started me on not liking faxes was when I started job hunting after college. We had this manual feed fax machine at home. The problem was that you had to feed the pages one-by-one. The problem I always had was when to feed the next page. To soon the new page would not be read in its entirely; too late, the fax machine would think you are done and disconnect with the other fax, so you needed you calling like 3 times to send 3 page document.
Technology keeps moving and I try to keep up by reading the tech websites, but it does get very overwhelming, for example:
Bluetooth,
VOIP,
podcasting. In addition as your get older, you gain other responsibilities that you don't have the time to devote to keeping up with everything. As I think into the future, are we going to be like our parents or grandparents who will be deathly afraid of newest technologies while our kids/grandkids whiz by us on the latest version of the information superhighway?
