I keep wondering where we’re going and what possibly can computer science do now that everything seems to be invented?

On advice of my step daughter’s partner who’s in the business, I’ve tailored my purchases to my needs. Even then I have problems.

Many years ago when I first got a computer – the name descends, evidently, from those original battery driven adding machines – I went to school on a barge near Granville Island. My problem was, and is, that I couldn’t understand the lingo. This meant I didn’t think like a computer when things went wrong. I learned by rote rather than by understanding.

I’m like that with everything.

Considering the career I’ve had in the electronic media you’d think I would understand the science of radio and TV – I don’t and the harder people try to help, the more my mind turns off.

This weakness in electronics has, in a backhanded way, made life easier. I was an early buyer of the cell phone but strictly as a safety measure for the car. I’ve never known my cell # thus no one phones me on it.

When the Blackberry became all the rage I looked into it. Why would I want a computer on my phone, especially since I would have to key in with my thumbs! Why not wait until I got home where my computer is?

What I do have is an iPod given to me by my bank manager. After learning to download it I’m having a wonderful time tweaking it. But, again, you see I have a use for it. Instead of having to listen to five CDs, randomly, I have 434 tunes to work with. Listening to the iPod makes my time on the treadmill seem half the time.

I guess my question is, do we need all these new developments or are they simply expensive toys?

I think it depends on who’s using them and for what purpose