September 18, 2008
OK, now I really feel old
Having grown up during the dawn of the personal computer, I could essentially understand the analog world of my parents. But kids today are growing up in a world so digital that they really can't imagine the old analog ways. Today, my son (10) asked me about manual typewriters.
Son: Dad, when you were a kid did they still have those keyboards where you type on the keyboard, and it makes a stamp press ink onto a page?
Me: Yeah, they're called manual typewriters. That's how I learned to type.
Son: Really? If you had computers, why did anyone use those typewriters?
