Born into a world without personal computing, I learned to type using correction strips on a manual typewriter.
Five years ago I saw a woman google for information on her phone while in line at a concert. ‘How novel!’ I thought.
Now, in 2017, my phone is always with me, ready with time, weather, news, answers, camera, apps and books. But today, with no internet connection, I have a feeling of loss. I am not lost though—an old familiar world has returned.
with no internet
my old life returns
unseen layer removed
Ontheland 
I remember those manual typewriters. And I’m finally catching up with the children and using phone apps. However, it is good to be able to live without them.
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Yes having time without them feels good…I wonder about people who haven’t ever had that experience…how hard would it be for them if everything crashed?
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Love that haiku! I was all excited when my parents brought home a typewriter. We didn’t even have a computer in the home until I was in high school and it certainly didn’t do all the things we have now. There was no Google. And not surprising, but I’ve noticed I get a lot more book reading and writing accomplished if I set the iPhone aside for a while. 🙂
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Thank you. Yes it’s a balancing act. I do enjoy reading paper books and do most of my jotting on paper unless only my phone is handy. Sometimes I wonder what it’s like growing up in a cyber connected world.
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Brilliant! 😎🌹
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Thanks Dorna 🙂
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I was without my iPhone for two days — left it at home where we stayed for my high school reunion. It was freeing to be without it — also comforting to have it arrive via USPS Priority!!
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Yes, the break is an ‘experience’ and welcome from time to time but online connection is part of life now.
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The frustration of a stuck typewriter ribbon and that ink over your fingers….yeo I can do without those days. 🙂
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For sure…typing essays for school was quite an ordeal.
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It is incredible how much technology has taken over our lives in such a short time. It is nice when the internet goes down for a short while but I’m always glad when it comes back online.
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I feel the same way 🙂
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I couldn’t manage without the computer for writing, and the internet is certainly handier than encyclopaedias for information. All I do with my phone though is take photos 🙂
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This is a haiku especially for me Janice. I keep my mobile off most of the time.
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There is much to be said for that 🙂
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I remember learning to type on old fashioned typewriters with the dreaded tippex!! Always the white blob and waiting for it to dry! I do enjoy the world and ease of the internet, whilst also revelling in its absence – this weekend we were far away on the coast with no mobile reception so had to scrounge for coins and use a pay phone!! The novelty!!😀😀 Oh, the old world quickly returned!
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When I learned to type, correx strips were forbidden. I took a summer school course from the vocational track at my high school. The teacher was an elderly lady with the spirit of a Marine Corps drill sergeant. She was teaching for people who expected to earn a living by typing (yes, that long ago) and was determined to teach them how to earn a good living, even if she had to kill them in the process. No correx strips; no overstrikes; no looking at the kbd. Type it fast and type it right or U get to clean the latrine with your toothbrush.
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That would have been a brutal course for sure! My Intro course was very tame … definitely not at a vocational level 🙂 I had a hint of the level of perfection required from my mother who did office work for several years— in the 50’s probably (I don’t think she enjoyed it)
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