Not that long ago if I needed to make a phone call, I had to jump in the truck and find the nearest payphone. I would carry change for just that occasion. I wrote up all my invoices, bids, estimates and proposals by hand. I would draw up plans with paper and pencil. I would take pictures, then wait till the film was used up in the camera before taking it in to be developed. Then I might wait a week to get the pictures. My office consisted of a telephone mounted on the wall, the kitchen table, paper and pencil. Checks were written by hand. Times have changed. Now I have a desktop computer and a laptop, laser printer, picture printer, fax machine, scanner, digital camera, shredder, 4 cell phones, and more emails than I can handle. Software has eliminated so much work to minutes with chief architect, quick books accounting, picture programs and the list goes on and on. I now do my banking online without writing checks. Every resource available is at my fingertips. I remember thinking that our ancestors had it rough without running water and electricity, now my grandchildren think I had it rough without the computer age. If things have changed this much in 20 years, just think what the next 20 will bring.
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