Sarah and Max

I am 38,000 feet up in the air on my way to LA from NY. The wifi service on the plane has made this trip so much easier than ever before. While it is expensive at $17.99, I tell myself I would have wasted the same amount on something else. I am not a great flyer…even though I’m on an airplane at least once a month.

By the time I read a few newspapers on my iPad, answer a dozen or so emails, check in with Facebook and Twitter, write this blog, drink, eat, go to the bathroom and do my safe walk around the plane twice, the wheels of this bird will have hit the ground at LAX.

I am looking around the airplane and see virtually every passenger using some sort of electronic equipment. I chuckle to myself. What a modern world we live in.

Some people hate what technology has done to society. I love it. I get what the 50-plus crowd is saying about the lack of conversation and socialization that exists today between young people. To that I say, “I don’t think the conversations between most seniors and their children are that stimulating either. They are usually just inquisitions by the parents who want to know their kids every move so they can control, judge, and pass along the information in their own social circles.”

And to those who claim that kids can’t write an English sentence because of texting, my response is, “They are probably the same group of people who couldn’t write an English sentence themselves years ago. At least smartphones and ebooks have more people reading today than in recent times.”

Call me crazy but my most glorious moment on this flight just came a half hour ago when I met Sarah from Prospect Park, Brooklyn.  Her infant son Max was on her lap and her laptop was on top of  both of them. That picture was worth thousands and I’ve posted it here. If you are reading this blog post on an email alert and the picture is not showing please go to http://www.digidame.com to see it.

I introduced myself to Sarah and promised that I would not identify both of them. Many parents today are fearful of Internet exposure. Sarah wasn’t worried. It turns out that she is a  mommy blogger and a publicist.  Max has his own Facebook page and Twitter account. I gave Sarah my business card.  I just got back to my seat and Sarah has already sent me a cute email with her contact info. I guess she has wifi too.

I am sitting in my seat now just beaming. This couldn’t have happened a year or two ago. I just met a modern day mama, had a fascinating 10-minute conversation and we connected forever on email.

I don’t know about you, but these tech situations are so awesome to me. I feel so fortunate to be alive, experiencing them firsthand.