I recently watched an episode of a program called Technology Jones, which challenges specific individuals give up their current technologies and achieve their goals through the technology of some prior period. The woman I watched was a Hollywood casting agent who works very fast and efficiently through her laptop, cell phone, scanner, digital video camera, etc. to make connnections and cast actors. She accepted the challenge to roll back to the technolgies available in 1969. It was amazing how this challenge puts our contemporary lifestyles and expectations in perspective. The time and difficulty in doing her job increased exponentially. We can and do take so much for granted as we adopt the tools at our disposal in 2008. Alas, the cutting edge tools of today will be long forgotten all too soon as we find even more exciting and proficient ways to work and learn.