My daughter sent me this spoof video called ' GenZ Discovering the Library'. It made me realize how times have changed. This young man comes in with no idea of what a library is. A librarian introduces him to a book, how ancient. He has no idea how to read it, there is no touch screen. He is shown a computer with a mouse (what?). And what is a DELL computer? He is mystified by CDs and DVDs. This is the iphone age with touch screens and all services online, with e-books and e-readers.
It was a bit depressing, I felt ancient. My daughter just thought it was very funny. I remembered in the late 80's my girlfriend admitting to me that she had trouble operating a mouse at first. Those were new at the time. E-mails were limited to within the company there was no global system yet. In fact, I remember using the Toronto Free-Net, it was an early free internet facility, with very limited capabilities. The World Wide Web had not yet been introduced to the public. You can still find the Toronto Free-Net on the internet.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my look back into the past.
It was a bit depressing, I felt ancient. My daughter just thought it was very funny. I remembered in the late 80's my girlfriend admitting to me that she had trouble operating a mouse at first. Those were new at the time. E-mails were limited to within the company there was no global system yet. In fact, I remember using the Toronto Free-Net, it was an early free internet facility, with very limited capabilities. The World Wide Web had not yet been introduced to the public. You can still find the Toronto Free-Net on the internet.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my look back into the past.
