Rochelle Hartman posted a great question on her blog (”I won’t call it a meme,” she says), and got some equally great responses.What she wants to know is what areas of technology are you NOT savvy with?
I responded to the post with an admission of my total lack of competence with phones. Sorry, I just can’t handle voice mail. Or phone trees. And don’t even try me with call waiting. I guarantee that I will hang up on you… but not on purpose.
Other areas where I experience technology “brownouts”?
The clock in my car would not even be in the right decase if my husband didn’t set it for me. And forget the radio presets. I can’t work a VCR to save my life. And record players might as well be from another planet.
This is such an important question for those of us who “work with technology” to answer now and then… especially when we are responsible for training others. We all have particular strengths and weaknesses when it comes to dealing with technology. Acknowledging and sharing our weaknesses is very important when you are trying to help people gain a comfort level with a technology that may be on their “TechNOT” list.
And who knows? If I can connect with someone and help them set up a wiki orrun their statistical reports, maybe they’ll help me get my voice mail. 
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February 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I am a failure with the tv/cable/dvd player/Wii set-up. I have huge issues switching between the different modes. Like, I can switch from DVD back to cable, but then none of the cable controls will work.
And my watch? The calendar is a day off and I have no clue how to fix it.
February 15th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Crap. I forgot about switching to the wii. I can do it if pressed, but it’s not pretty. Especially when I didn’t switch back to the DVR correctly and my son is having a Cookie Monster withdrawal meltdown. Not pretty at all.