I know that this particular topic has been talked about a lot, but I thought it was interesting. In today’s world, the need to remember certain bits of information is really not what it used to be. Phone numbers are the obvious example. It used to be the case that speed dial meant you didn’t have to dial your closest friends all the time, but for anyone not in one of your few slots you had to have their number. Now, though, with cell phones able to hold hundreds, or even thousands, of phone numbers, why should you bother trying to remember someone’s number? If you’re like me, you may not even see or hear someone’s number. I often just give the person my phone and have them call themselves so that they’ll have my number too.
Email address books enable this too. It used to be a pain to have to select someone out of an address book in an email program, but with auto complete coupled with names, I can start typing the first couple letters of a person’s name and it takes care of it.
Favorites/bookmarks allow you to be lazy for websites. You don’t have to remember what the actual URL for something is when all you do is click the shortcut. With programs now allowing you to keep your bookmarks remotely and accessible anywhere, you don’t even have to worry about forgetting one while away from home.
This age of convenience makes needing to keep track of all of this type of information a thing of the past. Quite frankly, I love it. It’s not that I have a hard time remembering these types of things; I just love things being easier. Sure, it may have some sort of impact on people’s memory ability, but there’s always other things to remember that replace these bits and pieces. What are your thoughts?
I know I’ve been pretty quiet this week, but things have been pretty busy. Mostly due to it being the beginning of the month. The next week or two should be a lot better.
Labels: lazy, tech
