It’s Time

This is for people like my mom, and for everyone I’ve ever asked to take a picture that turns out like this:

People, it is about time to learn how to use technology.  This world is not going to get any simpler.  We are only going forward.  If you don’t take the time to at least know how to push a button on a phone that, OH MY GOSH… HAS A CAMERA… then I’m sorry to say that I will no longer be able to help you.

For the sake of my sanity, and for the millions of other people wishing the technology-challenged could just get a clue, please learn what DVR stands for and how to use it.  I don’t know how many times I’ve had to reprogram my grandmother’s answering machine.  God love her, it’s just one button that you press, hold, and then speak to leave your message.  When you’re done, just take your finger off the button.

For those of you who are digial camera challenged, it can’t get any easier, really.  Many cameras have a window to view your picture.  If there’s no big space to see the picture, then look into the little tiny one — it’s called the viewfinder.  Please make sure your fingers are not covering up the round thing on the front — called the lens.  The lens can vary in sizes.  If it’s a camera phone, you’ll need to pay special attention because the lens will be very small.  One finger could cover it up.  As you see in the picture above, half of the picture is practically fingered.  NOTE: If you take a picture with a digital camera, the beauty is you can preview it right away.  If you see a finger, please offer to retake it.  Please notice headroom (the space above the subject’s heads), any irritating light that could make the picture “too bright” or other factors like smudge on the lens.  Any of these could make for a bad picture.  Since it’s digital, it would be very, very easy to delete and reshoot. 

I’m tired of having to explain technology to those who don’t have a clue.  Yes, I have questions about technology, but at least I can provide basic knowledge to many technologically-inclined tools of our society.  I can use a computer, I can take pictures with a digital camera, and I know my way around my Palm Treo 755p like the back of my hand. 

All I’m asking is to please take some desire in learning this stuff so people like me won’t have to lose our hair earlier in life, and so that our heart health won’t fail us.  You will do everyone such a big favor.