The technology deal these days can be a bit overwhelming. Every time I get used to something it changes. It’s no time at all before my computer is bogged down with data and I need more space. External hard drives are uncooperative. Sometimes I hit a button I didn’t even know existed and it changes filter bars or tool bars, or font sizes or adds additional screens or takes them away. It can be unnerving.
Do you remember the childhood mechanical drawing screen in the red frame with white knobs? I couldn’t drive it much better than these newfangled electronics. My brother was a master at drawing intricate detail pictures with the etch-a-sketch. I couldn’t even draw a straight line. He could create pictures of a rodeo rider hanging sideways on a saddle on the back of a bucking bronc, nostrils flaring and mane blowing in the breeze. I would say, “Don’t erase it!” But he did. He just grinned that evil grin, shook the contraption and voilà – it was gone. Magic! The only problem was, if he shook it again, the picture didn’t come back. There was no reset button.
The other day, I was typing in “Notes” on my iPhone. I deleted a few words and Shazam, it erased something I didn’t want deleted. Now what? There is no redo or undo button. So, what was the solution? That was a no-brainer. I Googled it and clicked on the first link.
That couldn’t be right! Surely you don’t just shake the phone to reveal the box to select undo typing! I tried it and it was definitely true. The words I erased magically reappeared.
Sometimes it would be nice to erase some things, and other times it would be nice to undo what we just did.
…if only it was that easy….