Comments on: “What Kind of Tech User Are You?” http://techticker.net/2009/06/11/what-kind-of-tech-user-are-you/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jenny Mackness http://techticker.net/2009/06/11/what-kind-of-tech-user-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5206 Jenny Mackness Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:32:48 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=2291#comment-5206 Hi Mike - I don't usually take these surveys too seriously. Facebook seems to have an incredible number of them on just about anything. This one was quite interesting though and like you and Alison, I'm not surprised by my result - Desktop Veteran - but I don't know what the statement about being tech-oriented from 2004 means - and I wonder if everyone over a certain age will come out as a Veteran ;-) I tend not to treat a cell phone as anything. I don't like phones at all. <i>If you are a Desktop Veteran, you are a veteran online user who is content to use a high-speed connection and a desktop computer to explore the internet and stay in touch with friends. Your cell phone and mobile applications are in the background for you. In some ways, a Desktop Veteran may appear to be tech-oriented, but from 2004. You might occasionally participate in the online commons, but you treat the cell phone as if it were equipped only with voice capability. </i> I enjoy reading your blog - there's always something interesting on it. So thanks! Jenny Hi Mike – I don’t usually take these surveys too seriously. Facebook seems to have an incredible number of them on just about anything. This one was quite interesting though and like you and Alison, I’m not surprised by my result – Desktop Veteran – but I don’t know what the statement about being tech-oriented from 2004 means – and I wonder if everyone over a certain age will come out as a Veteran ;-) I tend not to treat a cell phone as anything. I don’t like phones at all.

If you are a Desktop Veteran, you are a veteran online user who is content to use a high-speed connection and a desktop computer to explore the internet and stay in touch with friends. Your cell phone and mobile applications are in the background for you. In some ways, a Desktop Veteran may appear to be tech-oriented, but from 2004. You might occasionally participate in the online commons, but you treat the cell phone as if it were equipped only with voice capability.

I enjoy reading your blog – there’s always something interesting on it. So thanks!

Jenny

]]> By: Alison http://techticker.net/2009/06/11/what-kind-of-tech-user-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5195 Alison Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:04:35 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=2291#comment-5195 Thanks for sharing this Mike. I took the survey and am a "Roving Node". Like you I am not really surprised by my result - "You are more of a hub for information flows than a source of digital content." No suprises for me there. I don't use my computer much at home and I don't have an mp3 player or use the Interwebs via a mobile device. I read news online and use social networking tools a lot and comment on blogs etc. I wouldn't say that I miss the internet when I am not connected and find it very easy to switch off and forget about my online persona. I haven't caught the phone bug yet either ~ maybe one day wen I have a real use for it. Thanks for sharing this Mike. I took the survey and am a “Roving Node”. Like you I am not really surprised by my result – “You are more of a hub for information flows than a source of digital content.” No suprises for me there.
I don’t use my computer much at home and I don’t have an mp3 player or use the Interwebs via a mobile device. I read news online and use social networking tools a lot and comment on blogs etc. I wouldn’t say that I miss the internet when I am not connected and find it very easy to switch off and forget about my online persona. I haven’t caught the phone bug yet either ~ maybe one day wen I have a real use for it.

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