Out of Touch with Tech

I'm nowhere near as tech savvy as I used to be. I was never a real authority but when I was a student at Devry I at least had a technical competency. These days I can keep up with what I need to but I realize more and more how little I know about tech. Setting up this blog is the most I've dealt with AI. I've made websites using HTML code, using square-space website wizard, and now this. I'm in disbelief at the simplicity of website creation.

Fortunately it seems like AI is in decline in the important areas, but still not enough. If it's making memes I don't mind AI, otherwise is has no right to exist. I try not to get caught up quantifying too many parts of my life, cause if it works too well I'll just end up micromanaging my whole life as points of data. I don't mind counting calories but I don't want to measure my sleep. I want to keep a few things a mystery. At least as long as I'm feeling good.

The only time I regularly engage with tech is with my video games. I've got ZERO concept of hardware specs, but the ease of access with software has got me thinking. I simply can't find a game that really gets its hooks into me. I'm so jealous of people that have a "forever" game. Something you can pick up and play for twenty minutes, any time. I've been thinking of this design document for a video game in my mind for a few years, and now I might start trying to make it a reality. I'll be 42 this July. There are a handful of tools out there to learn basic game programming. Maybe this winter I'll check some of them out and try to have a framework put together by the time I'm 45 and have a "game" made by the time I'm 50. Who knows, brainstorming is always my favorite part. Once it comes to the real work THAT'S a whole different story. Still, the simplicity of programming with purchased assets instead of the code itself is an exciting prospect. I'm consistently disappointed by each big release that comes out. Soon I won't have any choice but to make my own game.