Technology in My Life 1956 to 2016

  • Hard Disk Drive

    Hard Disk Drive
    What? I was born about the same time as the hard drive
  • Black and White Television

    Black and White Television
    Saturday night after our weekly bath and hair washing, we sat in front of the BW TV watching Lawrence Welk and having our hair curled.
  • 8-Track Tapes--8th-10th grade

    8-Track Tapes--8th-10th grade
    I did not have an 8-track player, but my friends all did...well their older brothers did. We loved taking their cars and their tapes and driving on the back roads and around the fields. We were to young to have driver licenses.
  • Getto Blaster

    Getto Blaster
    I ask my mother for a Getto Blaster for Christmas. She thought it was a weapon and wanted to ground me.
  • Manual Typewriter in 9th grade

    Manual Typewriter in 9th grade
    Ok...maybe this picture is too old, but they were black, with a manual return, and they were noisy
  • Electric Typewriter w/ corrector--- COLLEGE

    Electric Typewriter w/ corrector--- COLLEGE
    My first electric typewriter was my graduation present. It had a self corrector, which meant that I had to buy a roll of white coverup tape and back spaces and then retype the letters where I had made a mistake.
  • First Apple Computer -

    First Apple Computer -
    Green screen and all...we thought we were so cool. I don't remember if it really did anything besides act as a word processor.
  • Our First Cell Phone -- THE BRICK

    Our First Cell Phone -- THE BRICK
    What a brick!
  • Dell Tower Computers 1993-2003

    Dell Tower Computers 1993-2003
    My husband, an IT guy, had to upgraded every year to the latest and greatest PC. I got his cast off, which was only a year old...so I just had just figured out and became comfortable a system and had to relearn. Then I curse him...now I am grated at having the experience.
  • First Flip Phone

    First Flip Phone
    Loved this flip phone. It felt so cool to flip it open and flip it closed. Took me years to upgrade.
  • My First Laptop

    My First Laptop
    Still have it, but I feel wrinkles and gray hair popping out when I turn it on want wait for it to work now. Of course it was a hand-me-down from the hubby.
  • My love-affair with Apple begins

    My love-affair with Apple begins
    Started at SJE and received my first Apple Laptop...I loved it.
    As part of the Engaged Classroom and received my own class lab! WooHoo!
  • iPhone 5

    iPhone 5
    Took a while to get over the flip-phone
  • iPad Mini

    iPad Mini
    My kids love me!
  • MacBook Pro w/ Retina Screen

    MacBook Pro w/ Retina Screen
    So Happy...