Hello - I have so many acquaintances that are concerned with getting the absolute most up-2-date, full fledged screaming smart phone. I've noticed that the questions I get or the conversations I'm a part of no longer talk about laptops, desktops, monitors or even printers. Everyone is about the Smart phone...and how the smart phone is revolutionizing just about everything. I'm a thrilled. It appears that our gadgetry is moving faster than many of our behaviors.
Have you noticed that when you communicate on a Smart phone; there is really very little phoning occuring. It's mostly text, twitter, web surfing and perhaps an e-mail or two. For those of us raised with a Blackberry, the habit is thoroughly engrained and we love our hard-keyboards. There is something fabulous about actually pushing a button that assures you that you;re typing. I do believe that you can type at a speed faster than light with your thumbs - not so sure about the virtual keyboard. However, it's a skill I perhaps should master.
What I am finding is the nuance of conversation and/or meaning is lost or diluted. I've firmly established my own form of shorthand that does not include the popular: LOL and OMG....however, not everyone gets the syntax of my messages...
Text has allows you to sneak 'notes' across a virtual room without getting caught (sounds like grade school) - and permits multi-taskers to think that they are being productive. But, this isn't a rant over texting, ADD (that's truly the Attention Def Disorder flock), people who THINK they are actually productive with a smart phone, teleconference, instant messaging and e-mail all in full flight at the same time.
It's about - -just because we can, should we ?
Smart phones are intriguing devices...they are giving us e-commerce and communications capabilities that we never imagined. These innovations are giving us the impetus to push ourselves and the technology further than every anticipated. It gives us instant access, allows us to work anywhere and give the impression that we're hard at work, breaking rocks - -when in fact, you can be (as I am --sitting in the Florida sunshine on a winter's day, crunching numbers and giving lip services to people living in colder climes...).
I just caution that perhaps - we don't have to do everything that we have capabilities for - and perhaps rather than emphasize the speed and features of the smart phones that we focus on how we are going to better as a result. What will we drive..in the way of creativity or new thought as a result of having the smart phone...? Will we be able to further collapse current ways of doing things so we can focus on the bigger issues at hand ? Don't you finding it fairly interesting that we now have stellar individual technology - and yet, our problems as a society (especially economic) are sheerly daunting ? Perhaps we can collectively put our brain trust against these and be more human...again...or morph being human into being Human in the 2.0 world. There is room to grow.
Just promise me that you'll pay attention to your environment while you engage in Smart Phoning. I hate to think about how many chance meetings (like romantic ones) are lost because someone was more plugged into their Smart phone than the people around them...And please - to paraphrase any mother of a teenager...Don't Smart Phone and Drive....ever... or in bed.. (another conversation)...OY !
Have you noticed that when you communicate on a Smart phone; there is really very little phoning occuring. It's mostly text, twitter, web surfing and perhaps an e-mail or two. For those of us raised with a Blackberry, the habit is thoroughly engrained and we love our hard-keyboards. There is something fabulous about actually pushing a button that assures you that you;re typing. I do believe that you can type at a speed faster than light with your thumbs - not so sure about the virtual keyboard. However, it's a skill I perhaps should master.
What I am finding is the nuance of conversation and/or meaning is lost or diluted. I've firmly established my own form of shorthand that does not include the popular: LOL and OMG....however, not everyone gets the syntax of my messages...
Text has allows you to sneak 'notes' across a virtual room without getting caught (sounds like grade school) - and permits multi-taskers to think that they are being productive. But, this isn't a rant over texting, ADD (that's truly the Attention Def Disorder flock), people who THINK they are actually productive with a smart phone, teleconference, instant messaging and e-mail all in full flight at the same time.
It's about - -just because we can, should we ?
Smart phones are intriguing devices...they are giving us e-commerce and communications capabilities that we never imagined. These innovations are giving us the impetus to push ourselves and the technology further than every anticipated. It gives us instant access, allows us to work anywhere and give the impression that we're hard at work, breaking rocks - -when in fact, you can be (as I am --sitting in the Florida sunshine on a winter's day, crunching numbers and giving lip services to people living in colder climes...).
I just caution that perhaps - we don't have to do everything that we have capabilities for - and perhaps rather than emphasize the speed and features of the smart phones that we focus on how we are going to better as a result. What will we drive..in the way of creativity or new thought as a result of having the smart phone...? Will we be able to further collapse current ways of doing things so we can focus on the bigger issues at hand ? Don't you finding it fairly interesting that we now have stellar individual technology - and yet, our problems as a society (especially economic) are sheerly daunting ? Perhaps we can collectively put our brain trust against these and be more human...again...or morph being human into being Human in the 2.0 world. There is room to grow.
Just promise me that you'll pay attention to your environment while you engage in Smart Phoning. I hate to think about how many chance meetings (like romantic ones) are lost because someone was more plugged into their Smart phone than the people around them...And please - to paraphrase any mother of a teenager...Don't Smart Phone and Drive....ever... or in bed.. (another conversation)...OY !
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