Watching each other grow up: Technology and me

I was talking to one of my friends yesterday about the changes we saw in technology. When I first used a computer, my hands were limited just to the keyboard (DOS didn't use mouse) and my eyes were limited to a single-colored characters and whitespace (then blackspace, because the background of the monitor used to be black). I felt so exhilarated when I had a chance to use Windows 3.1 with a GUI and a mouse. Blocks and minesweeper were my favorite computer games until I discovered "Prince of Persia." Later, I was introduced to Windows 95, which was one of the most enchanting thing I had ever seen. I thought I could spend years just exploring it. Introduction to Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP and the Internet were gradual so they weren't as much as a subject of awe to me, although these are the inventions that changed the world.
We are taking everything for granted these days because we get these facilities very easily. We use Internet for everything, it serves us as an Encyclopedia, a blackboard, a bank, a shopping mall, a Post office and almost everything we want it to be. I feel lucky these changes are happening as I am growing up, people who died before the invention of computers and Internet missed something magical. I wonder how they managed to keep in touch with their friends, and I also wonder if they ever had a chance to poke their friends, which I am able to do with the help of "Facebook".