Like a kitchen sink full of dirty dishes, you know that when you ve finally cleaned them up, someone will burn a tuna casserole and you ll be back in sudsy water up to your elbows with a Brillo pad in no time. Soon you ll get a dishwasher and you can shift the mess from the sink to the dishwasher. The dishes still have to be cleaned. The technology eases the labor and takes away some of the pain, but it doesn t relieve the duty. That s the insight that I want you to take from this column.
Technology helps with the job but doesn t do the job.
That s your task. In order for you to understand how technology can help you, it s not necessary for you to learn the technical jargon, the nerdy part of technology. But you must comprehend the impact of technology and the ways it can transform a squirt gun into a cannon. To cash in on the transformation, you must be in close touch with your needs. Technology will help you meet them.