Now that I work at the "tech help desk" of a local library, I feel inclined to write about technology and the technology industry as it now stands. I am definitely a "fan" of tech - from Facebook to Twitter, with a little Pinterest and (the new) Windows 10 and Apple iPhone 6 in there as well. I tend to periodically check some great tech websites like www.theverge.com, www.techcrunch.com, and www.mashable.com just to name some of the sites. When it comes to Apple or PC, I use both...although I am definitively more comfortable on a Windows-run PC than an Apple MacBook with iOS - whatever version of the operating system on it. I have even dabbled at using Ubuntu, which is a form of the Linux operating system. Lately, I have stuck to learning the "ins and outs" of Microsoft Windows 10 on my laptop, which came out very recently (July 29th).
Besides using a laptop, desktop, and iPad tablet, I constantly am using and exploring my Apple iPhone 6. I really did pay too much for it, but it is definitely quicker in processor speed and sharper in image than my previous cell phone, the iPhone 5. This all proves that I enjoy tech in its many forms.
Lately, I have also begun to delve into my old mp3 collection from college and post-college on my external hard drive. There are really some gems in there, including the Incubus song "Nice to Know You" and Eric Clapton's song "Tears in Heaven," among many, many others. I am really impressed at how far music and tech has come along from vinyls (some of which I do own - think Beach Boys and Tom Petty for starters) to cassettes to CDs to mp3s, and finally to streaming music on smartphones and tablets. I enjoy listening to Spotify as I prepare for work, while Sirius XM satellite radio beams music and political/financial talk radio to me as I drive to work. Here, you can see the intersection of technology and music in my life. I wouldn't have it any other way.
I have to say that another interest of mine, analyzing stocks and the stock market, has been helped by my use of technology. Google Finance, which can be found at http://finance.google.com, is one of my favorites. Google in general is a great resource, from Drive to Gmail to Finance, and back around to Google News (which collects news information on a variety of topics and categories, which can be customized to you the user). The recent financial news that Google's "non-core" businesses will be part of the new "Alphabet" Company is a welcoming development. It caused Google stock to shoot up in trading (the stock can be found at ticker symbols GOOGL and GOOG, depending on which share class one is looking for), and for it's shareholders that is a good thing.
There are other areas I could talk about regarding tech, but I feel this is enough for now. I hope the readers out there have enjoyed this tech blog post.
-BTrzop
(http://btrzop.blogspot.com)
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