Are you an early adopter?

No, I’m not talking about children.

I’m talking about technology. Do you have to get the latest technological advance as soon as it comes out? Do you get it in the first quarter of it’s useful life cycle (before the next new version comes out) or do you wait until no one else is using them, or skip generations of the technology?

Whatever you are, have you always been this way, or has your style of adoption of technology changed? Depending on how old you are, think back to color TVs, calculators, transistor radios, electric typewriters, the first PCs, digital music players, VCRs, personal video cameras, laptops, cell phones, GPS systems, Garage Band, synthesizer, smart phones, tablet PCs, iThises and iThatses.

Did you used to adopt early, but slowed down? Have you been the same all your life? Does the pace of innovation unnerve you? Do you mistrust all technology or only recent technology?