Hey, I'm Cassie. It's... pretty much what you've been told so far. It seems to be way easier to adjust if you already know someone though so you're ahead there.
The technology isn't all as space age as it looks though. I think computers is probably the most visible area where it's changed. I'm from 2002 so I had the same WTF when I saw the tablet and phone but there's no food replicators or anything to go with it as awesome as that would be.