One would think that if I have a personal huge and well-developed boot & leather website and a blog on its own domain as a subdomain of my website, that I would be among those who embrace technology and quickly adopt it.

Obviously, I am not afraid of or daunted by technology, however…

… I remain happy to be among those who:

• will not have a smartphone — I truly enjoy an “unthethered” life and refuse to get one. I save from US$800 to $1200 a year by *not* having one. Imagine the boots I can buy with that amount of money? Just shows my priorities are different from most folks.
• I still block texts on my cell phone — frankly, I would rather not have a cell phone at all, but in order to be a road captain in my riding club, I am required to have one. I seldom use it and often forget about it while it sits on the charger for days and days. Texting? Sorry, plain old email works just fine. I do not want another device to have to deal with messages and a cumbersome method to read and respond (since my cell phone is a cheap clamshell, and I won’t pay for a bigger, more costly wireless device.)
• While the professional side of me is on Facebook, I use it to keep up with my family and friends, as well as strategically use it to support my professional association leadership role. BHD isn’t on FB and will not be. Not another account, another thing to deal with.
• BHD and “the real me” remains “twitless” or is that “twitterless” or “tweetless.” What a friggin’ waste of time. I don’t really need to know when you’re going to take a piss. Thanks but no thanks.
• And yep, I still have a land-line, hard-wired telephone at home. Who woulda thunk of such a contraption? Oh yeah, right, Alexander Graham Bell! Hmmm… believe it or not, we are not the same age, though I embrace his technology because it works for me… though sooner than later, will probably have to drop it due to the ever-increasing fees and costs that continue to spiral out of control.

Suffice it to say, while I embrace certain technology such as the web and blogosphere, I reject other technology that only bleeds my wallet dry. I would rather save my money than make rich companies richer. The convenience is not worth the expense to me.

Same old, same old… I have written blog posts like this before. My point-of-view hasn’t changed. I hope it does not have to (but fear that it may as certain technology that I like is discontinued because rich companies can’t make as much money off of it.)

Life is short: embrace your local dinosaur!