Anyone familiar with me through this site knows that I have only basic technical literacy. I did make it to the new improved Pipesmagazine site, so there's that. I used a computer at work for decades, but with a poor introduction, back when tech training was in vast demand and hence not good. Phone-wise, I carry a flip phone in case of emergency but mostly to consult with my wife on the details of grocery shopping. She has an iPhone, and we have a landline still. The fun game aspect of devices unfortunately completely eludes me. I think the thought processes in designing devices is not akin to my mental processes, or nothing I've cultivated. I know this is a primitive, but my acculturation to phones was in the rotary phone days, when the use was simple, and repairs were requested of professionals. When the phone went awry, I wasn't expect to take training as a lineman. I've spent a lot of time and effort trying to be a better user of devices, and I use them all the time. But they are not especially enticing to me, at least not the endless new uses and functions that delight people in the first halves of their lives.
