What hardware or software have you recently purchased?
Is it changing the way you work?
Two years ago I asked the opposite question:
What was the very first piece of personal technology you owned?
That post was a fun project. I traced my personal technology all the way back to 1958 when I received the HearEver Germanium Crystal Rocket Radio for a Christmas present. I was just 8 years old then and to me it was an amazing mysterious piece of technology. How did it work with no batteries?
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To surf the radio-sphere you’d push and pull the antenna. It wasn’t stereo, there was just one small earphone. I spent many a night lying in bed listening to that little radio. My imagination soared and the world became a bigger place. |
Fast forward to late 2011 and I’m at a conjuncture point where every piece of technology I own seems ancient. Yet, the stars align and like divine intervention a bunch of new technology suddenly shows up in my life.
Since the first of the year a new PC at work with Windows 7 Enterprise and MS Office 2010, then the iPad 2 and now my new iPhone 4s. Oh Baby, believe you me I’m not complaining! But I do admit to feeling a little slow in the head at times trying to figure out so much "new" at the same time.
What I’m curious about is your latest personal technology.
What’s the most recent hardware and/or software you've acquired? Does it simply fit into the way you already do things or is it changing the way you work?
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For me I think it’s going to be a radical shift. I’m still on a learning curve and figuring out something new every day, but I can tell you already the iPad 2 and especially the iPhone 4s are changing the way I do things. For starters, I’ve lightened my load in the field. Now I rarely have the need to bring my laptop along. |
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We all know toys are toys and it’s not about the next shinny object.
But as my Grandpa often said... “You gotta have good tools!”
What’s your latest hardware or software purchase?
Is it changing the way you work?
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