Alex Maddock's Tech Bio

My voyage with technology begun when I was young when video cameras were huge, TV was "blurry" compared to today's HD, and video games could only be played locally. I, like many of my peers, played classic games such as Sims, Doom, and Oregon Trail and they had to be downloaded off numerous floppy disks. My family, at the turn of the century, made a time capsule to be opened on New Year's 2010, and we put something on a floppy disk, luckily we still have a desktop that reads floppy disks however the data still could not be retrieved off of it. I was crazy about other electronics such as Gameboy's, Tamagotchis, and more. I would sneak these into school and take them with me where ever I go. Fast forward 15 years and my fascination with technology hasn't changed much but a lot else has. I still have a gaming console in my pocket, however its in color now and can surf the internet, email, check the weather, watch movies, and download games instantly on the go while listening to music. I no longer carry cash and rely solely on a piece of plastic and even bank online. "Papers" for class are written on a computer screen, travel in my backpack not in a folder, but on a thumb stick, and used in class on another computer screen. My computer itself is no longer attached to the wall and travels with me. Single remotes replace the drawer full of remotes previously needed to simply watch a movie. And I need not revolve around the TV schedule because I can simply DVR a program or pull it up On-Demand. Technology is ever changing - I believe by the time I buy something, whether it be a computer or other, it is already out-of-date only to be replaced down the road by the next latest, and greatest and I have learned this the hard way by saving, and spending, my allowance on a gizmo that was only a fad when I was young. But I am always looking for ways to not "make my life easier," but to make my routines simpler, more efficient, and smarter. It would be interesting to continue this biography in a decade to see how far it has progressed.