Bringing Up A New Generation... [Archive]

Ed Hansberry

01-09-2003, 04:34 AM

My youngest son is in pre-kindergarten and this week is the letter "I" week at school. Tomorrow they have to bring in a picture of something that starts with the letter I. Most kids will bring in a picture of ice cream or maybe an igloo. Not my son. As soon as he got home he grabbed my copy of Pocket PC Magazine off of the table and said "This mommy, I want to take this." My wife picked it up and looked at it. "Gage, what begins with the letter 'I' on this?"<br /><br />"Right there, iPAQ."<br /><br />I couldn't possibly be more proud! :D

pschultz

01-09-2003, 04:41 AM

your teaching him well

Rirath

01-09-2003, 04:47 AM

Congrats... *tear*

RKosin

01-09-2003, 04:48 AM

Time will soon pass to when he says, "What was that old thing you had that I played with.." :wink:

ctmagnus

01-09-2003, 04:50 AM

Way to go!

GadgetDave

01-09-2003, 04:51 AM

Guess you'll have to get a Toshiba for "e" day and a Dell for "A" day ... :lol:

Ed Hansberry

01-09-2003, 04:53 AM

Guess you'll have to get a Toshiba for "e" day and a Dell for "A" day ... :lol:
My wife is not amused. :lol:

JonnoB

01-09-2003, 05:03 AM

This could be an expensive precedent Ed if you keep up the education. My wife and children started demanding my hand-me down Pocket PC devices. Besides my wife, my three oldest children now all have Pocket PCs and my oldest child is 11 (other two are 9 and 8 respectively).

It is becoming a real family affair. I even gave my kid brother in college (senior pre-med) a Pocket PC and a stowaway for note taking in his classes.

ctmagnus

01-09-2003, 05:06 AM

Guess you'll have to get a Toshiba for "e" day and a Dell for "A" day ... :lol:
My wife is not amused. :lol:

Why not? They're just pictures. And it's not like the pictures are out of certain magazines that generally inhabit the top shelves of magazine racks.

You could teach him to surf all the PPC sites. Maybe he can take over your job ! :)

Jhokur2k

01-09-2003, 05:06 AM

Gives a whole new spin on the ABC's I learned when I was little...

Ok, now you have to create a See and Say program for the ppc :p Tap the screen.. "The iPaq says: *Your warranty is up*"

Rob Borek

01-09-2003, 05:13 AM

I'm waiting for a little Dunn-ling... he/she probably have a mobile made out of old Pocket PCs, and his first words will probably be "pocket pc"! :wink:

szamot

01-09-2003, 05:16 AM

I hope that in 2 years my boy will make me as proud as well. I can't wait.

Lotto

01-09-2003, 05:40 AM

Too funny Ed, thanks for sharing!

My son (also pre-k age) always says when he sees websites on tv. "I want that on my desktop!" or "Can we go to pbs.org? I want to go there."

BTS

01-09-2003, 05:44 AM

As a teacher I would have to give him full marks. You're teaching him well! :D

Sheynk

01-09-2003, 05:56 AM

Janak Parekh

01-09-2003, 06:11 AM

well back in the day when I was in pre kindergarden.....we didnt have WIN 95......WOW the first time I used a Win 95 comp was my dad's Toshiba laptop (HUGE THING) back in 1996...i think.
Didn't have Win95? How about didn't have a PC? :cry:

I gave a lecture a few months ago at my institution to a group of undergraduates, in which I asked who had used a predecessor to Windows. I don't think one hand up. 8O

--janak

Sheynk

01-09-2003, 06:21 AM

Wait a minute...I'm almost 16...I was in 3rd grade when I saw win 95

Sheynk

01-09-2003, 06:22 AM

I think I'm about to have my midlife crisis!

Janak Parekh

01-09-2003, 06:27 AM

Wait a minute...I'm almost 16...I was in 3rd grade when I saw win 95
Young'un. :lol:

--janak

Sslixtis

01-09-2003, 07:20 AM

Kids these days... :lol:

I'm holding off on my MIDlife Crisis until I'm 100yrs old though :wink:

I can't wait til my nephew gets old enough to have a PPC, I'm going to spoil him early!

Kirk Stephens

01-09-2003, 07:57 AM

Way to go Ed! :way to go:

All parents use Ed as an example! Remember...we need to grow an army of Pocket PC supporters to topple the evil Palm regime. :twisted:

dean_shan

01-09-2003, 09:01 AM

That's awsome man. When I saw this I shared with my Mom. She got a big kick out of it. Said it reminded her of me.

Iznot Gold

01-09-2003, 09:51 AM

Ed, when it comes to 'P' day will it be: Pocket PC or Palm?!

Mike Temporale

01-09-2003, 01:45 PM

twntaipan

01-09-2003, 02:13 PM

My five year old began using my Nino when she was three (okay, she was just coloring with Caligrapher). She goes to PBSkids.org all by herself, and her favorite is nickjr.com

Gary Garland, Esq.

01-09-2003, 02:59 PM

Good god man - keep him away from palm magazines on P day! :!: i just hope, some day, my 366 day old daughter (as of today 1-9-03) will do me as proud as your boy!

icatar

01-09-2003, 03:58 PM

It's amazing how quickly kids pick up technology. My almost 3 year old has no problems opening her favorite Pooh application, playing around for a while, then exiting the application! Soon, she'll have her first CE application developed!

Doug Rausch

01-09-2003, 04:24 PM

You're obviously setting a good example Ed.

I think when I was about 7 or 8 my family got "pong" for Christmas and we were mesmerized - now our kids see PDAs with audio, color, video, phone capabilities as commonplace. Can you imagine a couple of decades down the road? 8O

JMountford

01-09-2003, 06:30 PM

First off, Ed you gotchaself a smart'n.

Second to Janek... I am 28 and My pre-windows was DOS. I was learning Basic and a few other Languages in HS. I was in computer club for a ll four years of HS and that was over ten years ago. We did NOT have Windows machines. For the most part they were all Macs form the very first wave of Macs.

I am a techy from way back when. Now my nearly three year old son helps me remove and replaces screws as I work on computers. He some times helps be removing and replacing components. It is so hard to get him to leave his wrist strap on. :wink:

My seven and a half year old daughter could log on to the internet and surf around by age 3 and a half. She had memorized her mothers keyboard strokes so she could type in the password. It was really amazing. Now adays she wants nothing more to do with the computer other than for games and the internet.

I am in the process of starting a small bussiness in which I will deal with all aspects of the computer industry. I hope my children will take it over some day. I look forward to learning new technology and seeing what comes along.

What a world we live in.

Ekkie Tepsupornchai

01-09-2003, 07:34 PM

My wife is not amused. :lol:
Not surprised. I have a Japanese girlfriend living in Tokyo and when I was there over the holiday break, I dragged her with me to all the main electronic stores. At some point during that time, she told me that she thinks kids today spend too much time with computers/electronics and not enough time enjoying the outdoors and learning about nature (she's a country girl at heart).

I was speechless... I can't imagine how she'll react if we have boys she sees me setting them up for multiplayer combat over our WiFi network with their PocketPCs...

Programmer

01-09-2003, 07:36 PM

Most Excellent!

My daughter is only 7 months old, but she loves typing on my laptop and batting the mouse around. In fact, it was getting kind of hard to use them because she would see me 'playing' and want to play along. So, I dug out an old mouse, cut the tail (cord) off it. I also went to a scrap electronic shop, and bought a old ibm thinkpad keyboard. So now she has her own toys. She has way to much fun with them. Kind of scary.

A friend of mine sells a product you just have to see. Its called BabyType and it shows big cartoony letters and numbers and pictures as a baby bangs on the keyboard. Sounds too.

There is a demo and its cheap.

http://www.raize.com/CProducts/Default.htm

Check it out.

Robert

Janak Parekh

01-09-2003, 08:35 PM

Second to Janek... I am 28 and My pre-windows was DOS. I was learning Basic and a few other Languages in HS. I was in computer club for a ll four years of HS and that was over ten years ago. We did NOT have Windows machines. For the most part they were all Macs form the very first wave of Macs.
Heh.. what kinds of Macs? :)

I hope my children will take it over some day. I look forward to learning new technology and seeing what comes along.

What a world we live in.
Indeed. If they're interested in the field they might take over the biz, or go into something even bigger. You never know.

--janak

Kati Compton

01-09-2003, 09:51 PM

I gave a lecture a few months ago at my institution to a group of undergraduates, in which I asked who had used a predecessor to Windows. I don't think one hand up. 8O

Kids these days! When I was a kid I liked to play on my dad's Cromenco. He wrote a tic-tac-toe program for me.

JMountford

01-09-2003, 10:28 PM

JMountford wrote:
Second to Janek... I am 28 and My pre-windows was DOS. I was learning Basic and a few other Languages in HS. I was in computer club for a ll four years of HS and that was over ten years ago. We did NOT have Windows machines. For the most part they were all Macs form the very first wave of Macs.

Heh.. what kinds of Macs?

Quote:
I hope my children will take it over some day. I look forward to learning new technology and seeing what comes along.

What a world we live in.

Indeed. If they're interested in the field they might take over the biz, or go into something even bigger. You never know.

--janak
honestly that long ago I do not really remember what kind of macs. I am thinking II e's but I am probably wrong.

As for my kids I just hope that in whatever they choose that they are always happy, healthy, employed, and living to their full potential.

Jonathon Watkins

01-09-2003, 11:18 PM

Guess you'll have to get a Toshiba for "e" day and a Dell for "A" day ... :lol:
My wife is not amused. :lol:

We are! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ed, when it comes to 'P' day will it be: Pocket PC or Palm?!

Good grief man - there's only one choise! :D

Janak Parekh

01-09-2003, 11:38 PM

honestly that long ago I do not really remember what kind of macs. I am thinking II e's but I am probably wrong.
Ah, you're referring to Apple //e's, then. More up my historical alley. :D

As for my kids I just hope that in whatever they choose that they are always happy, healthy, employed, and living to their full potential.
Easier said than done, unfortunately :( Thus we cross our fingers and wink our eyes. ;)

--janak

sweetpete

01-10-2003, 12:31 AM

way to go ed. i would be just as proud as you are right now.

if the cry smiley had a smile instead of a sad face i would be using it right now.

ctmagnus

01-10-2003, 01:13 AM

honestly that long ago I do not really remember what kind of macs. I am thinking II e's but I am probably wrong.
Ah, you're referring to Apple //e's, then. More up my historical alley. :D

--janak

I remember Apple //e's (or were they ][e's?). Then there are the ones that had the keyboard attached to the box and had a green monochrome monitor sitting on top. Or were those the ][e's?

jgahr

01-10-2003, 02:50 AM

Might have been the Apple IIc that you were thinking about. I go even further back to the whiz bang named Lisa. 8O

Ekkie Tepsupornchai

01-10-2003, 09:27 AM

Might have been the Apple IIc that you were thinking about. I go even further back to the whiz bang named Lisa. 8O
I thought the Lisa came after the IIc and IIe.

Ahhh... the days of my IIe education... Karateka, Choplifter, Wizardry, Bard's Tale, Wasteland...

farnold

01-10-2003, 12:13 PM

Ed, that's really a very nice story... keep us informed about the coming episodes. That could become a regular series... what do you reckon?

Janak Parekh

01-10-2003, 04:48 PM

I remember Apple //e's (or were they ][e's?).
Good question. I think the original was the ][, and the lettered ones were //. In any case, the //e had the integrated keyboard, but no floppy (DuoDisk baby!), and screen on top. The //c had an integrated floppy as well.

Oh, and by the way, the Lisa came out in the middle of all this. Check out http://www.apple-history.com.

--janak

ctmagnus

01-11-2003, 01:05 AM

Might have been the Apple IIc that you were thinking about. I go even further back to the whiz bang named Lisa. 8O

After the green monochrome things, we had separate (I believe colour) monitors, CPUs and keyboards. Or colour printers, at least. It was ~ 87 or 88 that we got those.

Mike Temporale

01-11-2003, 04:10 AM

A friend of mine sells a product you just have to see. Its called BabyType and it shows big cartoony letters and numbers and pictures as a baby bangs on the keyboard. Sounds too.

There is a demo and its cheap.

http://www.raize.com/CProducts/Default.htm

Check it out.

Robert

That's a great app! And very reasonable on the price. Thanks for the link. :D

sualeh

01-13-2003, 06:39 PM

Zaz has introduced probably the first educational flash card sets for children, with many more titles to come. If you ever find yourself at a loose end, with a child, you can use your Pocket PC to entertain and educate children.

Alphabet Flash teaches recognition of both lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet. Numbers Flash teaches number recognition up to 20, and introduces counting concepts. Addition Flash and Subtraction Flash teach addition and subtraction with random problems of increasing difficulty.

http://www.handango.com/PlatformSearch.jsp?txtSearch=zaz&optionId=1_2_2&platformId=2

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