Technobiography Meghan Grammer

As like many others my age, technology began at a young age and has continued to be influential in my life ever since. As a young child I was exposed to a television with remote and watching VHS movies with my family. Video camera’s were used to document my first steps, my first birthday and some of my first words. 

It wasn’t until early in Elementary school that I was first introduced to a computer. My class at school would go to the computer lab once a week and that was our chance to practice typing and learn the basics of the computer. In the fourth grade, my parents bought a family computer, mostly used by my mom for work purposes in the beginning. As I became more familiar with the computer, I played educational games often. In the sixth grade, I got my first cell phone. Wow was that a day I won’t ever forget. I sat around the house for hours putting my friends numbers into the phone. There was texting then but it wasn’t popular - in fact the phone I had gotten didn’t even offer it. 

By the time I got to high school, I was a master at using a PC and would do projects and homework on it almost every night. I used my cell phone to text friends and  the radio around the house. In the eleventh grade my boyfriend at the time bought me an Ipod for our anniversary and a connection to use it in my car. This was really when technology began to play a larger role in my life. In 12th grade, I received my own laptop for graduation. We had a family computer and by this time my mother and father both had their own laptops, but this one was mine to take to college. My second year in college I bought myself a Mac and I absolutely love it.

I cannot imagine myself without technology today. I use my cell phone and laptop every single day. I am always interested to see new things come out. Although it wasn’t prevalent early in my life, it became something I rely on and used to make life easier and more enjoyable. I believe advancements will never stop and there will always be a way to improve something and make it better or more efficient.