Where do I go from here?
I really do not understand new technologies. How do the kids do it? Or do they?
The story begins with the purchase of a new car. Our Nissan Almera was quite OK but we were ready for downsizing and a special offer on a Ford Fiesta sounded good. Part of the deal was the buying of a Nokia account which came with free Tom Tom navigation plus other incentive.
Now I am in some cases a traditional male. I don’t do maps. Males are traditionally not a gender that uses maps. We would prefer to get lost. Then get lost even more. Then maybe more. Maybe at this stage we would stop and ask somebody but in no way will we refer to a map. I know where we are. It is the next on the left. Bugger, it must be next right.
Here I am installing a free direction system into the car. Can I. No chance. There are so many stages to go through which are eventually achieved with very little help from booklets and CDs . You then reach an interesting problem. How do you type in, on a phone, a registration number like CSJCW NZZRZ MKADJ, even on a supposedly advanced Nokia N70! You obviously look at the phone instructions. Rubbish the only reference to Text in the index sends you sailing into messaging worlds. You look at the TOM TOM software and things are equally obscure. nice
The frightening thing is that the instructions may not be obscure to your average thirteen year old. They may, for some reason be very clear to them. It is me that is joining the void. I (Me and the wife) will tackle the problem …. in the end but wouldn’t it be really nice if they could create instructions for the normal nerd.
