Technology is great – until it goes wrong!

How many times have we heard that old saying?  And just what do you do when it does go wrong?

I recently experienced being without electricity, due to our washing machine breaking down and tripping out the rest of the electrics.  This was very unfortunate, as my job as a VA means that my whole business is internet based.  So what did I do?  I decamped to my in-laws house and logged onto their Wi-fi so that I could at least see my emails, if nothing else.  But it got me thinking…what did we used to do before all this modern technology was invented and how did people manage?

Well, years ago you couldn’t just “Google” something – if you didn’t know something, you just didn’t know.  Or you went to a library to read about it in an actual book!

There used to be paper maps, rather than SatNav and you had to wait sometimes to get the latest news.  Before the internet, news sources were the TV, radio and the daily morning paper.

Since the 1990s the internet has had a huge impact on business and we have seen the rise of instant communication through email, VoIP, Skype and cloud based technology (such as Dropbox, Evernote, etc…), social networking and online shopping.

The internet has changed things forever for people who are able to access information and share things in a way that was not possible in a previous generation.

So what do you think?  Is life better or worse since the invention of the internet and modern technology?  I would love to hear from you!