#7 Blog about technology

I worked in school libraries for many years. I remember the first computers we had in the school were Dick Smiths, which used cassette tapes, and allowed you to move a few "green things" around the screen. Then we moved on to Apple Macs and later PCs. Eventually I convinced the powers that be that we should computerize the library. It was purely a circulation system and we had to back up each night on floppy disks. Then we upgraded to a proper library management system, and with great glee, I pulled out the rods and upended the catalogue drawers. Thousands of cards cascaded into the rubbish bins. What a long way we've come in a very short time!