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I feel naked without my PDA, but the process of trying to keep up with technology has definitely made me smarter. Just trying to define the various acronyms and decipher the babbling geekspeak has kept me on my toes.
No, I don't do long division anymore (not since the 4th grade) and yes, I do forget phone numbers sometimes without my phone or PDA, but those things aren't technology's fault. I might have an analog Day Planner to help me remember my contacts and appointments. Technology has allowed product advances that let us save time on certain tasks and (theoretically) do more during our day.
True, certain analog skills can atrophy if we rely too much on this digital world, and we might be up-the-creek if we ever need those skills (some disaster or something) that lack of certain skills might be exposed. Until then, however, let us enjoy and make use of the technologies we have at our disposal. Many people's around the world don't have access to the technological extremes that us uber-geeks have and they manage somehow.
POL9A
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