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My Technological Life

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  • My First Video Gaming System

    My First Video Gaming System
    My first video game system was the original Nintendo. I received it when I was 7 years old.
  • My First Computer

    My First Computer
    My family purchased a computer in 1992. It used the original floppy disks that were in fact floppy.
  • The Internet

    The Internet
    A year before I graduated from high school, my family purchased our first internet contract. It was AOL's dial up service.
  • My First DVD player

    My First DVD player
    When my husband and I got married, we bought a VCR. About a year later, we upgraded to a DVD player.
  • My First Digital Camera

    My First Digital Camera
    When my first son was born we had to have the lastest and greatest digital camera. We wanted to perserve those precious memories. We bought a $400 3.1 megapixel Kodak digital camera that was 4 times as large as most current point and shoot cameras.
  • My First MP3 Player

    My First MP3 Player
    My husband and I purchased our first mp3 player in 2004. It was huge and had a very limited amount of storage space.
  • My First Cell Phone

    My First Cell Phone
    I purchased my first cell phone in 2005.
  • My First Tablet

    My First Tablet
    I received an iPad 1 for my birthday in 2011.
  • My First Smartphone

    My First Smartphone
    I received an iPhone 4 for my birthday in 2012. I had told my husband I didn't need a smartphone, but he ignored me. I must admit that I have come to appreciate internet access anytime, anywhere.
  • Joining the Social Networking World

    Joining the Social Networking World
    I resisted the urge to join facebook for quite a long time, and made my account in 2013. It has made the world seem much smaller.