Day 4 - 30 -- Time is of the Essence

The day has been one of time sensitivities. Classes went well with time between and after to try to get the 'must do' list done for today. Technology seemed not to be fully on side with the list, though. I said that I felt like a luddite, since I couldn't get programs to do what I needed. One wouldn't even let me in -- hated all my passwords. Making multiple copies on paper and couriering off would be so much easier some days <sigh>.

When we are short of time and feeling a bit stressed, technology seems to sense this. Choosing just the perfect moment to create difficulty seems an innate aspect of high tech gadgets. The concept that technology would save us time must be pure myth. Just try to book a flight online, complete a fillable form (that invariably refuses to fill or save) or any of a number of other tasks that require interacting with technology. It takes three times longer than we expect -- on a good day. Often I find it can take much much longer. Each time we learn the peculiarities of a particular software program, a new version arrives in which everything takes several more clicks and multiple layers of menus compared with the previous version. So, this is my vent from a day where tech and I just didn't get along.

My biggest irritation isn't always that it won't work, but that it takes so much time when that time is needed for way too many other things. The song that came to mind today had a line that repeated in my head over and over as I was trying to get things to work. Things just take too long some days <smile>. I enjoy this singer/songwriter/pianist. One of his songs began this blog over 3 years ago. Enjoy!

For the Longest Time -- Billy Joel