Last night I had the opportunity to help my brother look up magazines he found on the job to see if they were worth anything. I thought it was interesting having my brother say he knows how to use the computer and internet, but when I observed him it seemed otherwise. He kept telling me he knows how. My brother works for the Public Works Department. In his job he is not required to use the computer. It made me wonder about people who do not use the computer on their jobs; how do they keep up with technology? In some way my brother and people like him can too be considered a part of the Digital Divide. I have to say my brother was the first person I knew who had pager when they first came out, and a cell phone when they first came out so he knows about technology he just doesn’t use it that often. He doesn’t own a computer, and he keeps saying he is going to get one. He also has some college credits. How do we serve people like this? He is not a senior or under the age of 18. He is just to busy to sit down and work on the computer especially if he doesn’t have to.
