Lisa Nielsen Technology Timeline

By LNielsen

  • First Remote Control TV on the Block

    First Remote Control TV on the Block
    Our family had the first remote control TV on the block. It had 2 buttons.

  • Dad worked for IBM

    Dad worked for IBM
    My Father worked for IBM and would take us to his office where they would have these computers that took up the whole room. He would proudly hand us Key Punch Cards that I still have absolutely no idea what they were used for.

  • The First Family Calculator

    The First Family Calculator
    I had always seen dad's slide ruler and when he brought home a calculator it was the most amazing thing I had ever seen!!

  • Playing the First Video Game Pong

    Playing the First Video Game Pong

  • Hearing about the first PC

    Hearing about the first PC
    Fall 1980 they announced the first PC. Dad said there will be a computer in EVERY HOUSE someday. I couldn't believe it.

  • First Word Processing program

    First Word Processing program
    Last class of college. Last paper. Finally a word processing program.

  • First PC

    First PC
    Husband is a programmer so we had a computer at home with AOL.

  • Internet (that Al Gore invented) in our home

    Internet (that Al Gore invented) in our home

  • First Lap top

    First Lap top

  • First I phone

    First I phone

  • First Family I Pad

    First Family I Pad
    Well.. My dad was right little did he know that we would have many computers in each house!!