Grappling with technology may be cumbersome in the silver years, but it is totally worth it, writes Shyamola Khanna
Technologically challenged gizmo junkie’—that’s what my kids call me. Can’t blame them. My desire for acquiring the latest tech toys and painful travails while trying to get up, close and personal with each of them is common knowledge in our household.
I have been working on a personal computer for over 15 years now, having bid goodbye to the old typewriter. I learnt on the job; friends very patiently made corrections on page layouts, while teaching me about ‘justify’, ‘left aligned’ and ‘right aligned’. I use my desktop to write on all kinds of subjects and have the pleasure of seeing my byline in magazines once a week.
Then, I remember this old digital camera my daughter gifted me when she got a fancy new one. I started fantasising about shooting pictures that would accompany my stories as full-blown centre spreads. It took me no time to realise there was no rocket science involved in using a digital camera—just ‘aim and shoot’, as simple as that.
This story is from the February 2018 edition of Harmony - Celebrate Age.
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