Google = Stupid people (Blog #5)

In the article, Is Google making us Stupid?" something that really stood out to me was the idea that Google wants to make an artificial human that can be hooked up to our brain. "It's like having a super computer in your brain and you will be better off" is something that Sergey Brin stated in the article. As I said in a pervious blog, the idea of a "Terminator" and the IRobot "Helperbot" might actually become a reality in a few years. If we keep teaching computers to think for themselves and then hook it up to our brains, this could be bad news for everyone.

Before Google, people had to actually go a look for the answers and stretch their mind. It taught our brain how to problem solve in a way. Now with Google, everything is right there and involves little to no effort in order to find or solve a problem. The computer has the ability to shape the way our brains function and think as stated in the article. People are having a hard time focusing and concentrating on a single thing or task. Bruce Friedman stated in the article, "Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it." Reading that I see how much I also have trouble focusing at times. For example, If it's really nice outside, I can't seem to focus on my work all I want to do is go outside or hangout with friends.

In an article on a British news cite, written by Fiona Macre, interviewed Lady Greenfield, a British scientist who specialty is physiology of the brain, she states that, "Using search engines to find facts may hinder our ability to learn, while computer games in which it is always possible to start again, may make us more reckless." "However, limiting computer use may just make it even more appealing."

I agree with Lady Greenfield in that we can't learn things by just looking it up on a search engine, such as Google. I remember that some research projects in High School I did, I had to use Google but then after the project was over I couldn't remember at all what it was I looked up.

The internet has made us into a much lazier thinking population in which we can't simply go to the library to find an answer so we can learn something. Instead we open up our web browser and and type in www.google.com and search for our problem and there it is. Saving us hours of searching in the library or figuring it out another way. Google AND the Internet are making us all think a different way then say our grandparents did when they didn't have any computers. This is not a good step for humankind. 

Macrae, Fiona . "Facebook and internet 'can re-wire your brain and shorten attention span' | Mail Online." Home | Mail Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2012. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1312119/Facebook-internet-wire-brain-shorten-attention-span.html>.

From then until now (Blog 4)

For this blog post we were challenged with interviewing three people who were 35 years or older and gather their view on technology and also gather some similarities and differences between their time and our time. I interviewed my two grandparents on my mothers side, my grandfather who is 67, and my grandmother who is 65. They both talked about how todays youth is lazy and too dependent on technology and used the phrase "We never had that back in the day". The third person I interviewed was my grandfather on my dads side, who is 95. He didn't really have much to say about technology other than it makes things too easy for everyone he said "I had to work for everything I got, I didn't have no damn computer to tell me how to do it either." They all talked about how its making children lazy and that it was nothing like they grew up. The most high tech thing they had were radios and playing outside.

Boy, how times have changed blog 4

Interviewing my mom and grandparents about technology was interesting. I really did not know what to expect to hear from them. I thought I had an idea about how they felt about technology since I always have to help them with it. I was surprised to hear that my grandparents like the new technology more than my mom does. My grandmother is more technological sound than most grandparents. She also wants to stay up to date with the latest technology and even has an iPhone. She likes where technology as come because she can stay in touch with the family easier than she could when she was young. She really loves the fact that she can check up on me and hear back from me within minutes with a text message. When you had to get in contact with college students when she was growing up write letters took a long time. My grandparents and mom all said that technology makes some things easy, but can also complicate things. They complain about the size of text on phones and the brightness of screens. My grandparents love the fact that technology gives them more options in some cases, and makes things more convenient for an older person. Like being entertained while in the house, when he was growing up he did not have a TV in his house they only had a radio. Now he has a TV in every room of his house. He loves being able to sit down and watch a movie with the surround sound on. My mom on the other hand really did not care about technology she gets frustrated and wants to disconnect from it. As a mother she loves the cell phone and knowing she is always only one call away. When I was in high school she would call me whenever she got worried. Unlike when she was younger and the only thing her parents relied on for her to make it home was a watch. They were not able to be in touch with her as much they would have liked. The biggest thing in noticed from interviewing my family members is that my grandparents seem to like and appreciate technology move. They have been able to see the bigger change in technology and are very interested in it. I think they like it so much because it makes them feel young.

Oh the Changes You Will See (Blog Four)

When I first heard about this prompt for the blog, I got very excited. My parents and I have never really discussed the change in technology since they were kids, except for in passing. And I had never talked to my grandma on the subject...ever. Seems strange since I honestly do have such an interest in the subject. I have seen the change in action though. My parents, throughout our conversation, made simple mistakes such as calling it "The Facebook" and "Gloogle" (That's not a typo). These phrases that make them seem old make my grandma seem ancient, since she doesn't even know what they are. During our interview, I went on to explain them, and it ended in her giving me a baffled look and saying..."Why does anyone need that?".

And that...that is a great point. Why do we really need these things. Over the course of the interviews, I learned that they got by, whether it be in education, in life, or just for killing time. They didn't get awkward in a social situation and pull out their phones. They just dealt with it. They didn't sit there and look up a fact on their phone to prove their friend wrong, they impressed them by the facts they had learned and knew. So where have we gone to? The fulfillment is gone. The joy of knowing facts or being fulfilled after completing a task are gone, because it simply is too easy. When talking to my grandmother about how she made her family recipes, she talked about how she either learned it as a kid, or learned it from a book, or went next door and got the recipe from a neighbor. Learning, reading, social interaction. My parents did the same. But I..I am in the generation where it is all at the tips of my fingers. I pulled up some recipes my grandma makes on my phone, and she says..."Where's the fun in that?". And by God she was right. There's something fun about pulling out an old book and finding the recipe and making said recipe without worrying about getting flour or sauce on your phone while cooking. There's something more fun about just knowing information than having it at your fingertips. And there's something more fun about just getting out there in the world than sitting alone in your room on Facebook. Something...and my parents were shocked when I said this...nostalgic about it. Something fun about getting "back to the basics", or just what my parents and grandparents grew up doing all the time. This "nostalgic" fun used to be the only way to do it. But unfortunately, one thing still remains the same. People are always bored...ALWAYS...Take it away judging narrator from the 50's...

C'mon Ken....Bird watching is obviously way more fun than sitting in your room doing nothing. You should be out in nature...doing....nothing.

But one thing I was interested in figuring out is when people stop caring about how technology changes or being up with the latest technology. I mean, it is very rare when I see someone who is in their 60's and into the latest technology. There's a point where people just stop caring. And it may be sooner than I think. I was also talking to my young cousin (in a totally unrelated event) and he brought up how he got this new toy for his birthday. And you know what, I didn't have a clue what it was. I was baffled by how it worked, I just didn't know. And it made me fear that my whole idea of being the "cool grandpa who uses the stuff the kids do" just won't be a possible realization.  But this makes sense. And this week, instead of a quote from an article, I bring you something that's a little easier on the eyes...

Notice the differences between the younger "Digital Media Junkies" and older "Traditionalists". It seems that no matter what year we're in or what technology we have, the older we get, the more we sit back in what we knew in our younger years. My grandma still reads the newspaper, my parents still listen to Motown, and I am beginning to enjoy watching the shows from my childhood. I think it is not a matter of not wanting to be a part of advancing technology...it's just more comfortable and easier to relax back with something we know. 

Source: 

Macmanus, Richard. 2011. Graphic. ReadWriteWebWeb. 17 Sep 2012. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/older_people_not_using_smartphones_or_digital_media.php

From the Atari to the Xbox 360 (Blog Post #4)

My parents were a part of the Baby Boomer Generation. My mom, Cynthia Lacey, was born in 1952 just five years before Russia launched Sputnik. My dad, George Lacey, was born ten years before in 1942 not even a full year after the Pearl Harbor attacks and the United States was headed to World War II. My parents have lived through it all. So long, that they have children and grandchildren for the preceding generations. My younger sister, Tanya Lacey, was born in 1977 right at the end of the disco era and hitting the 1980s era where Michael Jackson and Madonna were making their staple on the world but also during a time where the first IBM PC computer was released.

I came along, a mystery still to this day, and in the time of boy bands and Power Rangers, a shift was happening where our society started to become more interconnected with the global phenomenon we call the Internet. Technology has had a great impact on our society. My family included has shown how much we have evolved from using a typewriter to using an iPad. Technological advances are beneficial to us as we can see how much more convenient it has made life. Yet, there are some downsides to this convenience that technology has provided. To start with the positive my sister told me the type of technology she had as a child was an Atari and a typewriter. “We used typewriters to type our letters,” stated Tanya.

She explained that technology has made life easier for her. Skype, Facebook, and e-mailing were mentioned in our brief chat about how it has made social interaction easier. My parents mentioned the same benefit of technology. My mother discussed how even using the telephone has made things a lot because you can get in contact with people easier. When my father was growing up, all he had was a radio. They both agreed that technology has made cut down the wait time for communication.

The pros of technology are very obvious. Yet, my father easily pointed out a flaw that exists with convenience, “Everything we did in school was my pencils not by pushing buttons.” This statement shows that we are very comfortable with using technology but we forget that we have our own brains to do functions. Another issue is privacy concerns that many people are currently recognizing as we use more social networking sites. Many people have Facebook but are not aware of their privacy settings. “Some don't use privacy controls. Almost 13 million users said they had never set, or didn’t know about, Facebook’s privacy tools. And 28 percent shared all, or almost all, of their wall posts with an audience wider than just their friends,” (Golijan, NBC). With the ever growing social networking sites (Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, PinInterest), we need to become more aware of what people have access to our lives.

            Overall, technology is really a great benefit. We have come a long way from waiting to get a response back for a letter that was written yesterday. Everything is instant as my father pointed out. Yet, becoming aware of some of the negatives that technology has brought upon us is important as well.

Works Citied:

Golijan, Rosa. “Consumer Reports: Facebook privacy problems are on the rise.” NBC News. Published. May 3, 2012. Accessed: Sept. 16 2012. http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/consumer-reports-facebook-privacy-problems-are-rise-749990

            

What generation is living...

 Technology, from when I was a child to now has grown rapidly. I remember my first desktop computer. It was slow and boring. The mouse was a “ball” and the computer itself, image wise, wasn’t attractive. It was very square and bland. As a child, I didn’t feel amazed by the computer as much as I am now. Today, computers are flashy, fast, and used as a tool for just about everything, more so than when I was a child.

I was lucky enough, that at my age, technology wasn’t as consuming as it is now. In this decade of time, children find much more entertainment of what’s handed to them instead of creating and playing. The children that I babysit are completely engaged in television ALL the time. Their stimulus is never active and open. The creative, imaginative world that all children should have is slipping away right into technology. It’s sad, because their only entertainment is through technology—not playing outside and pretending they’re a dragon or any other imaginative creature.

After interviewing three different people, who are all older than 35 years of age, I found the one concept repeated most often is the idea of how much today’s technology has created a disconnect from authentic experiences and relationships.  While the present age of technology aims to connect people instantly with others around the world, promoting a truly global mindset, as well as providing unlimited resources of information that promotes free thinking, the one common thread the older generation see as a negative effect with today’s technology is the idea of disconnect.

When I was interviewing my grandmother, she expressed her observation that youth are so distracted by the use of their phones, that having authentic relationships and conversations with out disruptions is almost impossible.  My mother mentioned the same thing, however, also added that the present use of technology has replaced the valuable connection to nature that most kids experienced, almost daily, as a place to play games and explore.  She has noticed that children, even children growing up in rural areas, are disconnected from nature because they tend to stay indoors playing computer games or watching tv much more than in her generation.

I also interviewed Ricardo Sierra, Director of a wilderness school for over 23 years, and he has noticed how few practical skills kids have as a result of technology.  “It used to be that most kids that I worked with knew how to tie a knot or start a fire, but now I need to spend much more time, slowly going over the mere basic skills because kids are lacking practical skills much more so than just ten years ago.”

It appears, based on these three interviews, that the older generation that grew up with out cell phones, VCRs and computers felt much more connected to their families and friends, their imaginative play and the natural world.  They are seeing the youth lose these valuable connections and experiences that are being replaced by technology as well as observing the repercussions of what is lost.

Flashback to the Good Days (Blog #4)

I think the most profound idea that I gained from talking with my mother, my father, and my sister was the idea that they weren't growing up "without it" per se.  My mother responded to my question with "But that question comes from the perspective of a person now, looking back – with the assumption that the fact that we didn’t have the technology that we have now means we had “no technology.” But in fact we, like this generation, felt giddy with the amazing rapid pace of the development of technology."

My dad talked a lot about the technology he had available during his time as an airline manager, and how it was not unfamiliar to him: "computers became the norm: we had computers to handle airline reservations, on board computers on the aircraft for navigation – the first GPS systems. Air Traffic Control was increasingly handled by computers. So I think it is fair to say that by the time I was in my early 20s, and I was working in a high tech airline industry, unlike many other kids in my generation, computers and technology was very much a part of my life."

My sister mentioned that she never missed not having access to the latest technology. Our parents didn't have a lot of money when she was growing up, so she never got the latest toy or gadget.  The upside of that? "I read A LOT."

My parent mentioned the simplest things like making a transatlantic call.  Now we can just skype, but when they were young adults: "When we wanted to make a transatlantic call, we called an International Operator, told her the name of the party and the phone number, and then hung up. I can remember the whole family sitting around the phone, waiting for the operator to call back. When she did, she would connect us to our relatives in France. We would marvel at the clarity of the call, often wasting the first minutes of an expensive call saying, 'It sounds as if you are just next door.'"

It seems so odd to hear these stories, especially when my mother described how she wrote papers back at school.  It all seems so complicated and annoying.  I feel very lucky to have grown up in a world where writing school papers includes turning on the computer, typing, and printing, nothing more, nothing less.

I did get the feeling that they certainly believe life was more enjoyable back then.  Both my mother and my father mentioned that days moved by slower, and relationships were maintained and handled differently.  In that sense, I'm quite jealous.

And one last word from my wonderful mother: "There is one big difference between your generation and ours. 'In our day' we marveled at each new technology that came out. We couldn’t imagine “this” was possible. And mostly we were thrilled with it. Couldn’t imagine anything like “this” could exist and certainly couldn’t imagine anything better than “this” ever ever coming out. But now, you Children of the Computer Age, you are constantly looking to the technology that might come out to supercede the one in your hand. You can yourselves imagine what the next technology could be or should be. You love your new technology but very soon after acquiring it you are able to identify what it can’t do, or how much faster it could or should work, or what would make it better. You are never fully satisfied with what you have because you know full well that very soon a newer better version will be produced, and you are certain of the possibility of newer as-yet-unknown technologies that will very likely be invented very soon. We didn’t live that way. It’s such a different mindset."

Interviews on Interviews.. (Blog #4)

After watching this video, it rather sums up how some elder people are with today's technology.  Those people grew up with slim to none technology when they were growing up.  Now step in their shoes for a day.. Put away your iPhone and iPad and go one day with the "old school" technology.  Meaning use a landline home phone with an address book if you need to make a call to someone.  Do you think you could last a day without text messaging or browsing the Internet?  I can somewhat commend the elderly for how they were brought up in the technology era.  They stick to the face-to-face communication, while people growing up need their iPhone to communicate.

When conducting the interviews, many answers where very similar.  I interviewed my mother (aged 58), father (aged 55), and basketball coach (aged 37).  I asked each of them which time period they would rather live in now: Age 20 (past) or present day.  It was unanimous all three chose present day.  When asked why they chose that answer.. They liked how much easier technology makes their life compared to back then.  

Mother (Aged 58):  Works as a school secretary in a small catholic elementary school.  She tries keep up with the times, in the sense of technology.  She is trying to understand how to use a laptop.  She is very proficient at typing on a desktop but when it comes to running a few programs she is unaware.  She can text and make calls on a cell phone as well as work voicemail.

Father (Aged 55):  Works as a coal miner.  Not to be rude about my own father, but this man is technological illiterate.  I love him to death but he struggles with technology.  He can barely work a cell phone, let alone even try to work a computer.  That is where his children who are updated on technology help him out.  My father has worked in the steel mill and coal mill for the majority of his adult life.  He is big on face-to-face communication and I stand right by him.

Basketball Coach (Aged 37):  Works as a basketball coach at my high school.  He is relatively young, compared to my parents.  So this man has and uses an iPhone.  He can work with computers and phones.  He can run television sets and correct problems with them.  Maybe it is because he is closer to the technology era than both of my parents.

So what does this graph mean??

** "While using technology can get us over some really big hurdles and make our lives better with more efficiency and more time savings; not everyone can grasp it or build it into their lifestyle of habit.  So what to do about this? How can we help those technically challenged benefit from the wonderful world of technology?

1.     Keep it simple. (If your mom can’t understand it, it’s too complicated.)

2.     Keep it in front of them. (You must offer it to them multiple times, give them opportunities.)


3.     Keep showing the benefits. (If they see others using it, they will feel more comfortable.)


4.     Keep the residual effect. (Keep them coming back. create something of value that is used more than once. use it once and forget how to use it. use it daily and it becomes a part of us.)"

These are only a few things that we can do to help the older generation with technology.

Works Cited:

YouTube: Did You Hear A Click? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRBcP6MmE8g

**Rasmussen, M. (2012). Technology fast, people slow. VVI. June 28, 2012, retrieved from http://vvicrew.com/technology-fast-people-slow/

Blog post 4- Interviewing people from before the dawn of time (of the personal computer)

Everyone's experience with computers is a different one. Those whom I interviewed were no exception, yet they had some similarities. Two of those I interviewed work in the technology department, and one works in the library. Overall, they said living before computers made things like researching a longer and more in depth process. On another note, they all said that their first computer (for all of them in the 1980's, and therefore before the internet), was generally not used for much work. For them back then it was more a hobby or a toy, to have fun programming simple programs to do menial things. To them, computers did not start to become very useful until the advent of the internet, when they could look up things.

Another thing that was common was the way computers worked into people's lives once the internet really started to come around. For them, it was a gradual change to the point where it is today. This was due in part to the connection speed, dial-up (especially the early dial up) was extremely slow and hard to use with limited amounts of information available. As time went on, these issues gradually came less prevalent and the “normal” person had access to the internet.

One thing that two of the interviewees had was the Comodore 64 system. This was an extremely popular system, which allegedly had more systems sold than any other system to date. This system was well suited for games as it had a then- impressive three channel audio and good graphics for the time.*

Overall, for these people growing up then the advent of computers was a great thing that made life easier to do simple tasks, saving time. As someone born in 1994, I have never really been without a computer or internet access. I see that the availability of computers for almost anyone nowadays has made things easier and has opened up so many possibilities for everyone. One thing that we should watch for, however, is the fact people become too dependent on computer systems to the point that they cannot function without them. For us to find an appropriate balance, people need to be less involved with computers at early ages, at least not to the point of dependence.

*"Commodore 64 Computer." Commodore 64 Computer. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. <http://oldcomputers.net/c64.html>.

What Price Advancement (Blog #4)

What Price Advancement (Blog #4)

            For starters, finding three people over the age of 35 and ask them their feelings on what it was like to grow up without a computer or much technology was like walking into a candy store and asking for a Hershey Bar.  My friends are for the most part, over 35 years of age and it was very easy to find three to talk to about this blog.

            As it turned out, all three of them have family that live on the west coast and the number one response to my inquiry was that they like how technology allows them to be able to be better in touch with their family.  All three of them have a computer and a smartphone.   “Don’t you use your telephone?”   To which the response was ‘Because I have a smartphone, I don’t have to wait until I am at home to call, for fear that the time change would prohibit me from being able to talk to them for a long period of time. (Barker, 2011)

Another thinks that the invention of “Skype” has been the best thing since Macaroni & Cheese.  She clicks on her computer, turns on Skype and can talk to her ‘grand-babies’ or current boyfriend in Florida nearly anytime of the day and visa versa.  She enjoys the fact that she can read a story to them from her home here in Pennsylvania to their home in Kissimmee. 

When I asked my  three friends:  (Sally, 65; Tony,69; and Karen, 50) if they “would be willing to step outside the box  to better understand the inner workings of what makes a computer work or if they would be interested to understand what makes technology so ever changing”? (Barker, 2011)  In their own way, all three of them told me that they ‘were too old to learn!  Leave it to younger people to learn.  What would be the point to learn all that at this point in my life?  When am I really going to use it?  As long as I know how to turn the damned thing on to use it for the few things that I need it for, I will be alright.’  It was really hard for me to differ with their way of thinking.  I am 51 years old, struggling to get through the classes truly necessary for my degree and can’t understand why taking this particular class would be so necessary.  Don’t get me wrong, there are components of what has been taught and will be taught that I can see me needing to know.  But, I truly don’t see me ever needing to know how a computer really works or what a computer really does with the binary stuff.  And, I will admit that it has been really hard for me to comprehend a lot of this stuff.  It would be easy to blame that on my age, and perhaps that would be a good place to start.  But there are other contributing factors that make just coming to school a very difficult experience for me.  However, and personally, I want this experience and I fight hard to make this experience my reality…no matter how difficult is becomes for me.

When I think of my friends who appear to feel trapped within this thing called “age”, I can’t help but feel somewhat sorry for them.  Why does growing old mean that you should prohibit yourself from learning and growing?  Sure, there is a lot about technology that can be and does appear daunting but it is what makes life interesting. 

My friend Karen says that what she misses most about having all this technology stuff is that people don’t know how to say hello anymore.  She feels, like Sally and Tony, that the world has become a much colder place.  People are afraid to meet face to face to talk.  There is little human interaction and that causes people to pull inward.  With so much technology doing a lot of the work that human used to do, many people are losing jobs.  Postal workers are quickly becoming little known.  Postal drivers are on the same fast track.  Fewer people are writing letters so there is no need for these drivers to take mail from one place to the next.  “We are all for advancement,” they said, “but at what price?” (Barker, 2011)  Today the mailman - tomorrow will be something else.  It is just a matter of time before more of our lives are being overtaken by computers and the advancement of technology.  And, that scares me.”

More than just my three friends, others share these same sentiments.  In a paper presented at the Bowling Green State University Popular Culture, Culture Club’s 2011 Battlegrounds Conference (Barker, 2011) some of these same things ring loud and clear.  I am not afraid for technological advancement, but it scares me that it all seems to be coming so fast with little time to figure out what is currently in our hands. 

Barker, Cory.  February, 2011.  Bowling Green State University Popular Culture, Culture Club’s          2011 Battlegrounds Conference. “Technological advancement?:  The good, the bad and

            the alternate in FOX’s Fringe.  36 pars. February, 2011

                                                                                                                       -JT

Technology is great! But confusing (Blog #4)

For the interview I decided to interview my Dad (67) and my Grandmother (77) and my grandfather (82). They all were very excited to help me with this blog post.

My Dad is a business owner. He has his own business that works with the government on proposals and software. He works on computers everyday and has built many of his own using spare parts. He said that when he was growing up he didn't have computers or cell phones. "Now looking back, we missed out on so much with technology but I'm glad that we have it now or else my business wouldn't exist." When asked about what he thinks about the rapid growth in technology he said,

"As a business owner - It's going too fast. I buy a computer and then in 18 months it's replaced by something better. It's so much money for a small business to have to keep paying for new technology all the time. But as a consumer, it's really great! I'm very happy that its progressing as well as it has been."

My grandmother:

"We didn't have computers. It was more personal growing up and we got to know people better through face-to-face encounters instead of on the phone conversations. Technology is a lot to learn. Many people my age won't go on the computer or get a cellphone like your smart phone. Or they don't want to learn it because it's too complicated. Relationships were different, it was easier to get to know someone and there was more family communications because if you wanted to talk to a relative you would go and visit them instead of calling them on the phone. I can't keep up with technology. It's wonderful to have it but it's too confusing. I see the benefits of having it in our lives and we should keep exploring it but it's hard for people my age to keep up with it."

My Grandfather:

"You were able to see them physically instead of electronically. But now you can call people from any distance away so you can keep in touch with long distance relatives. When I was growing up, there was less people you could talk to easily without technology of now. I think technology is great, and kids like you and your mother are keeping up with it really well. But people my age, have a hard time keeping up with it and it's too complicated and hard to keep up with. Once you understand something, it changes on you. It's great technology, just more for you younger generation."

I looked at all of their responses and saw one thing in common, it's changing too fast to keep up with. They all love that technology is growing and it's amazing what it can do, however it's just growing too rapidly for people to really get the hang of something so new and high tech. The generation that grew up without technology like this, this is more of a sensory overload. Having all this new technology coming out almost every couple of months is too hard to get a handle on.

My grandparents got a computer so they could email people for keeping in touch, and to keep in touch with technology. It took him almost seven years to get a real handle on the computer and how to use it. He is glad he has it, but my grandparents get very frustrated with it sometimes because they don't understand it fully yet. It's not that they are dumb people, they are very intelligent people, it's all just moving too fast for them.