Elderly? not tech savvy?

I didn't bother with having a parity drive, I just set it up as JBOD, if I lose it all then it's no big deal, it's just a media drive

 

Be nice to us geriatrics. We do try. It took me all of two seconds to understand what JBOD meant so enough with the abbreviations!

I'll ask POTUS if it's worthwhile. That mob would probably be at more risk than this nobody.

 

I have to teach the children at work how to use word and excel. Mind you, they a have university degrees. Tech savvy my butt!

 

What a PITA.

Merely follow the "instructions" to add the NAS to Sonos. Oh, it's all so easy isn't it? Nup.

After many attempts and searching through many page of help (?) finally, finally was able to get to a page indicating the method to use - which does not seemingly coincide with other information of the product provider.

Weird thing is while to add it to the Music Library "\\NAS\Path\Library" is necessary, Sonos converts it to "//NAS/Path/Library." Mapping to the drive will simply not work.

Only now I'm able to select it from the list of music sources. It's taken me days to work it out.

Another lot of so-and- so's who should be smeared in honey and stretched over a bull ants nest.

So not fair on us elderly not-tech savvy. A multitude of grumbles.

 

Sonos must use *Nix syntax. Absolute PITA that is and catches people out all the time (Took me ages to resolve the same issue for my Raspberry Pi a couple of years ago)

 

Lots of things are a PITA and some completely beyond my comprehension.

Now getting a lot of my CDs onto the NAS. Great.

However, one CD, at the first track, would start and then hang at about 10%. Gave it quite a few goes but zilch. Thought it was a CD which ain't going to happen.

Then I wondered will it still play? Yep. Then I also wondered if it still plays will it now rip? Yep. Took way less than a minute to complete.

Tech stuff is very strange.

 

It is a generalisation that older people aren't tech savvy, but if you go to the Bank or Post Office, and watch who is lining up to do simple day to day Banking and Bill paying transactions?
You will see that most of those transactions are conducted by the "elderly".
My guess is they are either:
1. Very untrusting of online systems and scared of being hacked, or
2. Can't use online systems because they dont want to embrace the learning process to do it, or
3. Just like to go down to the shops for a social event and choose to do the transactions while there.

 

Yes, agree. All of these things contribute to the statement "not tech savvy".
Interesting anecdote; my MIL has and uses a computer for emails, photos and things like that. Wears glasses, can afford to run her computer. She is very rudimentary in her knoweldge of how it works.
But is completely averse to absorbing instructions on how to improve here knowledge if how to use it - just throws up her hands and says its all too hard, why do I need it, etc.
And is even more averse to doing any sort of Bill paying online. We have to do all her running around to pay bills for her, as she cannot drive. Its infuriating.

 

Haven't been inside a bank for I don't know when. Only go to the post office to pick up a parcel because the courier is probably too lazy to come to the door and leaves one of those little "Sorry, you weren't home cards." Doesn't happen very often though.

And when things are working, don't fiddle or panic.

A panic call yesterday from a friend. PV monitoring system not working so it follows (not) the system has broken down. Er, I'm the expert?

Anyways I went and checked. Luckily it was an inverter which you can see if it is producing. Yes it was. Scrolling through the menu it showed there was no IP address, so probably a communication issue. My solution was "Push the WPS button on the modem." It worked.

Payment was a good cup of coffee and nibbles.

 

LOL..."life/work balance".

 

For many elderly people its not the issue of using the technology, its when something goes wrong and they dont know how to fix it , like a simple connectivity issue , but is it a device setting ,a modem problem or an issue with their service provider..
It may be a problem with the printer,and they cannot print , or the old printer may no longer be supported.
Many dont have family close bye or are estranged from family or in lots of cases have no close family.
.Many have also been victims of some sort of fraud or attempted fraud or know someone that has been.
So they prefer face to face service when dealing with paying bills.
For example flight centre will even match domestic airfares specials for the elderly if they need to book , pay and print for interstate flights.

 

So, conclusion; they are computer savvy, but opt out for numerous reasons.

 

And since they are no longer in the workforce they dont necessarily keep up with technology as it constantly changes.
There are also on fixed incomes , so many will see spending $500-$1000 as a complete waste of money if a laptop needs to be replaced or is no longer supported for updates., and for why ??? Just so they can pay a bill online.
Just go to the post office , its free.

 

Just like the fee for a printed bill in the mail, many billers or financial institutions will charge $2-2.50 to pay a bill in person at Australia Post.

 

and then grizzle about the queue.

 

Many dont , and its still cheaper than replacing a 10 year old computer or laptop, many agencies also give pensioners some pretty good discounts.