Lindsey's technology timeline began in 2000 when she was 3 years old and her aunt babysat her and made her watch Cartoon Network, specifically an episode of Tom and Jerry. In 2001 at age 4, she used a computer for the first time at her grandparents' house to play games on Disney Channel Games. Over the years she received various gaming devices and mp3 players as gifts, including a Game Boy in 2005, an mp3 player in 2007 at age 10, a Nintendo DS in 2009, and an iPod Touch in 2011 at age 13. Finally, in February 2013 she received her first cell phone early as a 16th birthday gift from her grandparents.