On Smartphones
If anyone still reads this, and if they've been counting, Bob comes home today. I'll just say that I got 2 hours of sleep b/c I'm insane, and that I'm sure the rest of the day will be incredible. That's all I have to say about it.
I want to just get this out of my head. Maybe it's sleep deprivation, maybe it isn't. I really hate smart phones. I know they're "so useful" and make you so much more "efficient" but I really don't think they're a good thing. If you're a "high powered" business person, I can understand why you think you need, or even actually need, your email in the palm of your hand anytime you want it. What I guess I don't understand is recreational smartphone use.
Yes, it is cool to have a light-saber "app." It is very exciting, but do you really ned it? Do you need an image of a lighter on your phone to hold up at concerts b/c so few people still smoke (props on that by the way)? I know that these examples are of superfluous applications, and that your smart phone has gps, and a calorie counter, and an app to tell you if there's gluten in your intended meal, and that's great, but I think you're too wired in. Not "you", the "royal you", we as a society. I've been asked if i've seen someone's "tweet" when out with friends... Really??? I thought the point of spending time w/ people outside the house was to connect to people, not a mobile device so I know when a famous person accidentally flashed a crotch shot.
I know that the internet as a whole is an incredible resource and is absolutely creating new communities and new was to collaborate and endless other amazing things, but every now and then just spend time with people. Turn off your smartphone. At the very least, spend a day with all the "notifications" switched off. Take a day where your phone doesn't tell you what is going on on facebook, a day where you're actually in suspense to see what's in your email inbox. Take a "me" day. Just spend a day using your phone as a phone, and not an uplink to the "collective."
Sorry about all the "raptor quotes," it's for the "health of the mother."
Sorry again, but that will never stop being simultaneously terrifying and funny.
I want to just get this out of my head. Maybe it's sleep deprivation, maybe it isn't. I really hate smart phones. I know they're "so useful" and make you so much more "efficient" but I really don't think they're a good thing. If you're a "high powered" business person, I can understand why you think you need, or even actually need, your email in the palm of your hand anytime you want it. What I guess I don't understand is recreational smartphone use.
Yes, it is cool to have a light-saber "app." It is very exciting, but do you really ned it? Do you need an image of a lighter on your phone to hold up at concerts b/c so few people still smoke (props on that by the way)? I know that these examples are of superfluous applications, and that your smart phone has gps, and a calorie counter, and an app to tell you if there's gluten in your intended meal, and that's great, but I think you're too wired in. Not "you", the "royal you", we as a society. I've been asked if i've seen someone's "tweet" when out with friends... Really??? I thought the point of spending time w/ people outside the house was to connect to people, not a mobile device so I know when a famous person accidentally flashed a crotch shot.
I know that the internet as a whole is an incredible resource and is absolutely creating new communities and new was to collaborate and endless other amazing things, but every now and then just spend time with people. Turn off your smartphone. At the very least, spend a day with all the "notifications" switched off. Take a day where your phone doesn't tell you what is going on on facebook, a day where you're actually in suspense to see what's in your email inbox. Take a "me" day. Just spend a day using your phone as a phone, and not an uplink to the "collective."
Sorry about all the "raptor quotes," it's for the "health of the mother."
Sorry again, but that will never stop being simultaneously terrifying and funny.