[Ipg-smz] Why I love Apple?

[Gabe Goldberg]

Speaking of native vs. immigrant...

On 1/17/2019 5:53 PM, Gabe Goldberg wrote:
>
> Are those of us who've for decades used and/or written about 
> technology digital immigrants? As was pointed out, our generation 
> invented and documented what's now foundational to everything new and 
> shiny and intriguing digital natives. More distinctions than age are 
> needed -- you blitzed through Wi-Fi setup which baffled the supposed 
> native. Maybe there are natives, pioneers/veterans, and immigrants?
>
> To echo again -- To echo Jason, I am amazed at how "civilians" can 
> make their computers work in any form of fashion in many cases. Feel 
> embarrassed that technology, and the major vendors, still make things 
> so difficult. -- amen. Looking at most interfaces and meager or 
> non-existent documentation, I marvel that most people get anything 
> working.
>
> Regarding documentation -- being old-school, I expect it. So I just 
> ranted to Samsung CEO about my new 49" TV:
>
> included one-page cartoonish no-words setup instructions and a 21-page 
> “User Manual” most of which describes installation, setup, 
> troubleshooting and maintenance, specifications, and warranty information.
>
> Helpfully, it does note that the TV itself contains a real manual; I 
> downloaded that from website and paid FedEx Office too much to print 
> it (in color). It's 143 pages -- so without it, one never 
> discovers/masters all features. And who'll read that either on the set 
> or on a screen?
>
> And (returning to this thread's actual Subject) -- Apple's just as 
> bad, skimping on documentation.
>
> On 1/17/2019 3:01 PM, Mitch Wagner wrote:
>> My introduction to the peculiarities of digital immigrants (our 
>> generation) vs. digital natives (the young people) was 10+ years ago, 
>> in two incidents.
>>
>> Our neighbors across the street had their granddaughter, then aged 
>> 14, living with them for a few months while Mom dried out, and they 
>> asked for my help setting up WiFi. Sure, I said, and configured their 
>> laptop and WiFi router. A simple operation, took me about 15 minutes, 
>> and yet the 14-year-old digital native was completely bamboozled by it.
>>
>> I also advised the grandddaughter that it was not a good idea to have 
>> Facebook as her home page. Not if she wanted privacy from Grandma and 
>> Grandpa.
>>
>> Second incident: At about the same time I joined Facebook myself, and 
>> one night, troubled by insomnia, I was in my home office doing random 
>> browsing through Facebook's "Suggested Friends" list. This was about 
>> 3 am. My niece, then a college freshman and 17 years old, came up on 
>> the list. I gave it a microsecond of thought, said "sure, why not?" 
>> and sent a friend request.
>>
>> This set off a MAJOR FAMILY CONTROVERSY. My niece went to her mother 
>> who went to my wife. My niece was concerned I'd be spying on her and 
>> reporting everything to her Mom.
>>
>> I said to my wife. "Weeeeeeeelllll if it's just college bullshit, of 
>> course I wouldn't report it. If she said she got drunk last night and 
>> was puking and was sooooo hung over, well, kids do that in college 
>> and I wouldn't report that either. But if she says she met a 
>> 46-year-old man and they're soooooo in love and getting married 
>> tomorrow, yeah, I'd be on the phone to her mother so fast that it'd 
>> break the lightspeed barrier."
>>
>> P.S. I lost track of the neighbor after both grandparents passed 
>> away. That family has had hard times and struggled with addiction; I 
>> hope the mother and little girl are doing well. As for my niece, 
>> she's a doctor now and runs a medical clinic in Baltimore!
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Mitch Wagner <http://MitchWagner.com>  • Twitter 
>> <http://www.Twitter.com/mitchwagner> • Facebook 
>> <http://www.facebook.com/mitch.wagner>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> -- 
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> 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042           (703) 204-0433
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Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc.       gabe at gabegold.com
3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042           (703) 204-0433
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold            Twitter: GabeG0

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