When Old Meets New: What’s Your Tech Nostalgia?
Feelings of nostalgia are ever present in our lives.We remember things about our past and they mean something to us.
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What about tech nostalgia? Not only is it hilarious (remember the old school stuff hiding in your digital graveyard or in old movies?) but it also keeps us grounded in how quickly we are learning to adapt to new technologies.
But the real question is- do we ever long for the “old days” and will we turn into our parents when we tell our kids about the “the way it used to be?” Well, maybe that’s why there’s a flood of “vintage gadgets” entering the market (UrbanOutfitters sells them).
Maybe they’ll make us feel young again?
For more tech nostalgia, check out the Computer Museum (those of you in SF can visit in real life!)
Miss Techyness’ Top Feelings of Tech Nostalgia.
1) Browsers with NO TABS. Seriously, how did we ever survive with SO MANY WINDOWS on our taskbars?
2) Printers with Perforated Edges. The days of loading paper into a tray were much different when every page was connected to the next.
3) Zip Disks. People treated these like solid gold bullion. Thank god for flash drives.
4) Tape/CD Walkman. It’s funny, because I saw a woman run with a discman the other day. Immediate generation of nostalgia.
5) Microsoft Paint. Oh wait. That still exists. #awesome
6) Cell Phones. Do I really need to go here? However, the infamous Zac Morris “Brick” has been re-engineered in Gold for a little over $212k USD. BONUS.
What’s your tech nostalgia?
omg so much to love about this post.
1. my job JUST enabled us to download a version of internet explorer that has tabs in oh, december. I cannot explain how much my life has improved since then.
2. I can still remember printing banners on my parents apple II e for birthday celebrations. And the noise it made! omg it could have woken the dead.
3. similarly, playing on the good ol' apple II e with floppy drives of math games and word puzzles (there was one involving a rabbit that pulled numbers out of his hat….anyone? no? just me?)
4. I didn't advance past a discman until summer 05. Thank god we became friends and you led me into the light.
You know that you can buy a Zac Morris brick phone shell with a Nokia guts inside that allows you to actually use it on contemporary networks! #awesome
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