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50 things we no longer do thanks to technology |
I'll start this post by wishing readers Happy New Year! Quick question - how long into the new year can we keep saying this? I have just found an interesting post by one of our backup providers that I thought I would share. If you no longer buy CDs, stick photos in albums or hand-write letters, then you're not alone! A quarter of we Brits no longer come home from the shops clutching our favourite pop star's latest release and the same proportion no longer organise our snaps behind see-through plastic.
Instead, the mighty computer has taken over, with the average Brit doubling the number of computers in their homes over the past ten years and now spending over an hour and a half a week uploading our pictures. In fact, more than three quarters of people in a Mozy survey of 3,000 UK residents said that their daily activities rely on technology and 20 per cent said they are never out of reach of an internet device. But this reliance on technology also puts people at risk with half of Brits admitting they never back up the data they rely on and a further 40 per cent only making manual copies of their information. If that sounds like you, why not check out our list of the top 50 things that people don't do anymore. But, before you do, get a free online backup account from Mozy just in case anything happens to that computer you're so reliant on... TOP 50 THINGS WE DON'T DO ANY MORE1. Ring the cinema to find out times 2. Going into the travel agents to research a holiday 3. Record things using VHS 4. Dial directory enquiries 5. Use public telephones 6. Book tickets for events over the phone 7. Print photos 8. Put a classified ad in the shop window 9. Ring the speaking clock 10. Carry portable CD players 11. Write handwritten letters 12. Buy disposable cameras 13. Take plenty of change for pay phones 14. Make mix tapes 15. Pay bills at the post office 16. Use an address book 17. Check a map before or during car journey 18. Reverse charges in payphones 19. Go into the bank or building society to conduct your business 20. Buy TV listings 21. Own an encyclopaedia 22. Queue to get car tax in Post Office 23. Develop and send off for photographs 24. Read a hard copy of the Yellow Pages 25. Look up something in dictionary 26. Remember phone numbers/ Have a phone book 27. Watch videos 28. Have pen friends 29. Use a telephone directory 30. Use pagers 31. Fax things 32. Buy CD's/ Have a CD collection 33. Pay by cheque 34. Make photo albums 35. Watch programmes at the time they are shown 36. Dial 1471 when you get home 37. Warm milk or other hot drinks on stove 38. Try on lots of pairs of shoes on high street 39. Hand wash clothes 40. Advertise in trading papers 41. Send love letters 42. Hand-write essays / school work 43. Buy flowers from a florist 44. Work out how to spell something yourself 45. Keep a personal diary 46. Send post cards 47. Buy newspapers 48. Hang washing out in winter 49. Keep printed bills or bank statements 50. Visit car boot sales How many of these do you still do? I probably only do one or two of these things... This post originally appeared at: http://www.mozyblog.co.uk/mozy/50-things-the-brits-have-ditched-thanks-to-new-technology
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