I’m beginning to think that children are born with an innate ability to use whatever the technology of the day is.  They can just pick up whatever the current buzz item is and know exactly how to use it.  They don’t need anyone to show th’em how it works because the knowledge is somehow built into their genes.  This knowledge is there regardless of whether their parents know how to use the technology or even own the buzz item.  It seems that technology knowledge is part of evolution.

This is the only way I can explain how it is that Maya has turned Lorne’s calculator into a smart phone (not sure if she prefers blackberries or iphones yet!).

The other day Maya walked into the living room holding a pen, a piece of paper and Lorne’s calculator.  She walked up to her toy box, set the pen and paper down and held the calculator while saying “email, Maya email.” and pressing the buttons with her thumbs.  Later that day she did the same thing, except part way through “checking her email” she apparently was getting a call on her iPhone and she said, “oh, phone.” and put the calculator to her ear and said “Hello.”  The was the cutest, funniest thing.  I couldn’t stop laughing and telling her how adorable she was. (I got her to reenact it this morning so you could see just how flippin’ cute it is).

You see, neither Lorne or I have a smart phone, we both just use regular cell phones and never text with them (I mean never).  No one Maya sees with any regularity has a Blackberry or an iPhone that she would have learned how to imitate the actions.  We just can’t figure it out.  The only explanation I can come up with is that she was just born knowing what a Blackberry and an iPhone are, and how to use it