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Tips for Mature Folks to Appear Tech Savvy
We know we aren’t, but we don’t need to broadcast that fact
It’s difficult.
We did not grow up with a laptop for homework and a cell phone attached to our hands like an extra appendage. We know how to use an encyclopedia, now an object associated with dinosaurs.
I get accustomed to a new operating system — and bam! There is an update, with another learning curve.
Sometimes, I want to just call out, “CUT US A BREAK!” when the techno-savvy teens roll their eyes.
How were we to know?
I have learned some tips from my grown kids I am all too happy to pass on to those of us who are older than the Internet.
Read and take notes — just not with a pen and paper. Try doing it via voice dictation into your Notes app on your phone to impress that younger set.
Earbuds are a MUST in public (and that includes the workplace)
At my place of employment, I hear one colleague viewing breast reduction surgery on YouTube as I attempt to work. (*We are not in healthcare.)
