technology today

I was just reflecting on exactly how much life has changed. I never had a cell phone growing up, yet yesterday I held a conference call with 3 countries from my blackberry. And since I was on my blackberry on the train, I had my iPhone out to check the web while the call was going on. While my wife would disagree, it is amazing how we all multitask nowadays. I am sitting on the train going into the city with my wireless card in my laptop doing emails. I also use my bb to twitter some random thoughts - www.twitter.com/rupp I have a blog, a twitter page, a facebook page, 2 cell phones, 3 laptops, and 2 desktops. This does not include other data storage and random other odds and ends in the technology world. How did people manage 20 years ago? I get frustrated when I can't find a wireless signal and think that my current company is behind the times for not having building wide wireless. My parents didn't have computers, cell phones, or virtual voicemail. It is amazing to me that the world continued to spin without all of the technology that we all depend on daily. Most kids have their own cell phone and computers. I guess I have a love/hate relationship with technology. While it makes life easier, it makes it harder to live without doing more stuffed into every second. In light of this thought, I am going to shut down the computer, both cell phones, and sleep all the way to the city this morning. Now thats doing it old school.