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danieldwilliamI'm going to answer this questions about the first time I started using things rather than how old I was when they started, because they started at the same time for everyone - unless you are part of the global poor in which case they didn't start then, they started later.
• Did you have a cell phone prior to your thirties?
I had a mobile phone in my mid-twenties. I know this because my current mobile phone number (which is my second) includes my age when I got it. I used to have one of those Nokia phones that was indestructable. Now I have a smart phone.
• Did they exist?
They did. One of my girlfriend's at university had one for work. The first person I remember having a personal mobile phone was a friend of mine on my MSc course who had some personal security concerns so had one.
• Did you have cable when you were a little kid?
I barely had a television when I was a kid. My mum would often decide that not watching television was good for us as kids so I spent many years without a television. In fact I once got in trouble at school for not being able to complete a maths assisgnment to do with charting television watching in my household.
• Do you know what 8-track tapes are?
I know the are a thing. I'm not sure I could tell you what they do except that they seem to be important to the Beatles and therefore a very important cornerstone of Western civilisation, along with Coca Cola and the Morecome and Wise Christmas Special 1977.
• How about cassette tapes?
I know what these are.
• When did you get your first DVD player?
The first DVD player that I owned was about 12 years ago when I was 30. It could record DVD's and had a hard drive too. It was a very nice machine.
• Did you learn to type on a typewriter?
I did. In fact I have the Australian equivalent of a Standard Grade in Secretarial Studies and, when my eye is in, I can touch type at 100 words a minute. On a typewriter. By co-incidence I was thinking about typing last night. There is a slight strain of dyslexia like symptoms in my family. I get b and d mixed up when I write, but not when I type.
• What was the first computer you owned?
We had a family Commodore 128 when I was a lad and the first computer I owned was a generic desktop that I bought when I was at university in 1998.
• What age were you when you first got e-mail?
I can't remember. Probably during one of my summer jobs at uni. That was in the day when not everyone in an organisation would have email. Maybe not until I started work.
• Was the Internet around when you were a kid?
I think the internet was around but the World Wide Web had yet to take off. I didn't use it much at university and not lots and lots until I got a smart phone. All the world's facts in your pocket, along with all the world's nutters shouting that the facts are wrong.
• What age were you when Facebook, Twitter, Livejournal, and Dreamwidth started?
I started using Dreamwidth about a year ago when LJ when all anti-gay for the pay. LJ, I'd been on for at least five years, maybe ten. Facebook and Twitter about the same. I've stopped using Twitter mostly now.
• What was the first printer you owned like?
No idea - it came with the Commodore 128.
• Collegiate papers: typewriter or computer?
We had to hand them in typewitten, the university authorities did not care how this was done.
• How old were you when streaming came into being?
I started using streaming when we got a smart TV about 4 years ago. I now mostly watch programmes on catch up.
• What age were you when you got your first MP3 player?
I have never owned an MP3 player.
• Did you own a record player, cassette player, CD player, or MP3 player as a teen?
We had a music centre in our family room that had a record player and a double tape deck. I had a CD player at uni when I was still 19 I think.
• At what age did you start blogging on the Internet?
About 2011 I think. I had a blog for a while and then moved to LJ.
• What age were you when the e-readers came out?
I've had a Kindle for about ten years I think. My first was a present from MLW. I'm now on my second after I lost my first one. I have a touch screeen one now. Which I like except for the way the forward and back functions work.
• How do you listen to music?
Rarely. I tend not to have it on in the background. My usual pattern when listening to music is to find a song I like and see how many cover versions I can find of it on Spotify and then see which bands I like from that.
• Did you have a cell phone prior to your thirties?
I had a mobile phone in my mid-twenties. I know this because my current mobile phone number (which is my second) includes my age when I got it. I used to have one of those Nokia phones that was indestructable. Now I have a smart phone.
• Did they exist?
They did. One of my girlfriend's at university had one for work. The first person I remember having a personal mobile phone was a friend of mine on my MSc course who had some personal security concerns so had one.
• Did you have cable when you were a little kid?
I barely had a television when I was a kid. My mum would often decide that not watching television was good for us as kids so I spent many years without a television. In fact I once got in trouble at school for not being able to complete a maths assisgnment to do with charting television watching in my household.
• Do you know what 8-track tapes are?
I know the are a thing. I'm not sure I could tell you what they do except that they seem to be important to the Beatles and therefore a very important cornerstone of Western civilisation, along with Coca Cola and the Morecome and Wise Christmas Special 1977.
• How about cassette tapes?
I know what these are.
• When did you get your first DVD player?
The first DVD player that I owned was about 12 years ago when I was 30. It could record DVD's and had a hard drive too. It was a very nice machine.
• Did you learn to type on a typewriter?
I did. In fact I have the Australian equivalent of a Standard Grade in Secretarial Studies and, when my eye is in, I can touch type at 100 words a minute. On a typewriter. By co-incidence I was thinking about typing last night. There is a slight strain of dyslexia like symptoms in my family. I get b and d mixed up when I write, but not when I type.
• What was the first computer you owned?
We had a family Commodore 128 when I was a lad and the first computer I owned was a generic desktop that I bought when I was at university in 1998.
• What age were you when you first got e-mail?
I can't remember. Probably during one of my summer jobs at uni. That was in the day when not everyone in an organisation would have email. Maybe not until I started work.
• Was the Internet around when you were a kid?
I think the internet was around but the World Wide Web had yet to take off. I didn't use it much at university and not lots and lots until I got a smart phone. All the world's facts in your pocket, along with all the world's nutters shouting that the facts are wrong.
• What age were you when Facebook, Twitter, Livejournal, and Dreamwidth started?
I started using Dreamwidth about a year ago when LJ when all anti-gay for the pay. LJ, I'd been on for at least five years, maybe ten. Facebook and Twitter about the same. I've stopped using Twitter mostly now.
• What was the first printer you owned like?
No idea - it came with the Commodore 128.
• Collegiate papers: typewriter or computer?
We had to hand them in typewitten, the university authorities did not care how this was done.
• How old were you when streaming came into being?
I started using streaming when we got a smart TV about 4 years ago. I now mostly watch programmes on catch up.
• What age were you when you got your first MP3 player?
I have never owned an MP3 player.
• Did you own a record player, cassette player, CD player, or MP3 player as a teen?
We had a music centre in our family room that had a record player and a double tape deck. I had a CD player at uni when I was still 19 I think.
• At what age did you start blogging on the Internet?
About 2011 I think. I had a blog for a while and then moved to LJ.
• What age were you when the e-readers came out?
I've had a Kindle for about ten years I think. My first was a present from MLW. I'm now on my second after I lost my first one. I have a touch screeen one now. Which I like except for the way the forward and back functions work.
• How do you listen to music?
Rarely. I tend not to have it on in the background. My usual pattern when listening to music is to find a song I like and see how many cover versions I can find of it on Spotify and then see which bands I like from that.
