It is meant to serve us, but if you don’t take control of your technology, it might end up controlling you. Here’s how to begin. Press enter or click to view image in full size Me, around 1992, looking for magazine copy. Photo by DepositPhotos Creative work has changed a lot in my lifetime. When I started out as a freelance music writer in the early 1980s, I would get the bus into central London and walk down to the New Musical Express office in Carnaby Street to pick up the album I’d be reviewing that week, or tickets for the gig I was reviewing. A few days later, I’d make the same trip again to drop off my copy. This was labour-intensive, but I had time in those days. I was a student, supplementing my grant with As we freelance music writing. (Yes, younger readers — back in the 1980s, you were paid to get an education in the UK. Or helped, at least. Weird, no?). It also meant I met my editors, was able learn from them, and built lasting relationships some of which lasted my entire career.…