Technologically Challenged

The sort of people that find the simplest of everyday technological feats and gadgets to be a challenge in making sense and use of. Much unlike the technologically impaired duck meme and the first day on the internet grandma meme, these are all very real persons and there is a very real blog being written with them in mind (The Low Tech-IQ Blog)

Woah dude, this smartphone has gotten the best of me. Feels i'm a bit technologically challenged.

by Low Tech-IQ February 5, 2015

Technologically impaired

someone that has NO CLUE on how to use technology, such as computers, cell phones, ipods, mp3s.

Meh: Did you see her in the computer lab today?
You: Yeah! She was totally technologically impaired!

by Hyperr Haliee February 23, 2009

Advanced Technologies Academy

A High School in the Las Vegas metro area that formerly was a high standing school. Now in the year 2009 The standards, technology, and administration have declined. All school spirit has dicipated. It sucks balls.....

Mr. Jacob Carder: Alright guys get to work

Leroy: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I hate advanced technologies academy. this school sucks sooo much,

by Hello Kitties Island Adventure May 4, 2009

Technological Tourettes

A syndrome in which one gets so incredibly infuriated by technology the emotion boils up in one monosyllabic outburst; usually the word FUCK! Most commonly suffered by I.T. personnel but also know to affect smartphone users and elderly people with more than one remote control.

Bob's lost spreadsheet induced technological tourettes and got him a three day suspension and a lot of dirty looks from his bible-thumping co-workers.

by House, I.T. March 15, 2010

Technologically neutered

To strip technology of all meaningful features, thereby violating its original intent to solve problems in an automated way. This is typically done by an enterprise through a series of decisions made by folks with no understanding of technology, e.g. legal or risk. Fears that drive to these decisions are typically focused on trying to prevent behaviors through technology limitations, without isolating that the issue is the behavior. The end result will likely be a set of technology that looks similar to the current technology set, just with a different look and feel on top of a fundamentally rearchitected platform typically costing millions of dollars.

The approach would be equivalent to not allowing knives in the cafeteria for fear of stabbings vs not hiring people who won't stab each other. Only technologically neutering costs much more.

They technologically neutered the SharePoint environment by removing everything but the list and document library. It is no longer usable for its core collaboration functions.

We have technologically neutered our mobile email by not allowing attachments.

They technologically neutered their CRM by turning off the workflow features.

by ColdheartedMatt May 8, 2012

Technological Osmosis

The term Technological Osmosis is a jargon term used in technically focused organizations that rely heavily on email communication. The term refers to the ability to understand a technical requirement even though the requirement has not been communicated. The term evolved to add levity the common communication Faux Pas of neglecting to attach a document.

Usually used in the negative.

Example:

Sender - "Please design the solution in accordance to the attached requirement's document"

Response - "I am sorry that I lack technological osmosis skills, please attach the attachment to the previous email."

by J. Steel February 11, 2010

Technological Singularity

When we reach a point where we cannot understand our own technology, but it can understand us.

When mankind reaches a technological singularity, we're fucked.

by Ghost Freeman February 22, 2004