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Cell Phones Changing Social Group Communication
Mortimer.CA writes "An interesting article on how cell phones are changing the way people interact and get together in Japan. Some interesting quotations: 'To not have a keitai (cell phone) is to be walking blind, disconnected from just-in-time information on where and when you are in the social networks of time and place.' And the new social faux pas: 'One college student I spoke to described leaving one's phone at home or letting the battery die as "the new taboo."' The article mentions the book Smart Mobs which was mentioned on Slashdot before. I keep thinking how Marshal McLuhan said that our new inventions change the way we view the world. This is 'obvious' now, but was quite a new idea when he thought of it. In the 40s and 50s you "needed" to get a (land line) phone, then it was cars, email, and now cell phones. What's next? Is it simply a matter of keeping up with the Joneses?"
All the "I'm too good to own a television" people now get a chance post "I'm too good to own a cellphone"
Brace yourselves.
(Did I mention that I don't own a cellphone?)
I am a jerk and will know correct you.
You "needed" a car as early as the 20's. After all, they wre roaring ^^.
It's just that the cars back then suxored
I am the troll. So go ahead and hate me.
So basically you're autistic?
No wonder you don't like OS X's GUI
Mac OS X and Windows XP working side by side to fight back the night.
only fags and whiney women like martha stewart come up with this social taboo horseshit. fuck you all ill do what i want. i will not check my email more than once a week, ill let my phone battery die when i feel like it. fuck aim its for whiny consumer oriented teenie boppers. if wanna get a hold of me, to fucking bad. you wannacommunicate with me, write me a letter. does any one actually do that anymore? hey fuck rags, do you actually know how to write?