Forget about hash or ice.......is the iPhone the addiction of 2010?
Demographer Bernard Salt writing on The Australian:
'There can be no doubt that the arrival of new technologies has had a powerful effect in shaping work, life and relationships in the 21st century.
But the impact of mobile phones, SMS and social media such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as smart phones such as the iPhone, go beyond the way we work and the way we form relationships.
New technology is forging new protocols and new, somewhat bizarre, social behaviours.
Do you check emails on your iPhone on weeknights when you are home with your family? What about on weekends? Do you zone out of a family conversation to "just check your emails"?
Do you take your iPhone on holidays so that you can keep track of what's happening on the work front?
Have you checked your iPhone at a family wedding? What about at a funeral?
You have, haven't you? Is nothing sacred?
Why do you need to look at your iPhone all day, every day? What vital piece of information are you expecting that you have to look at the thing every five minutes?"
Keep reading, here, to see whether you fit the bill. Odds on you do!
Demographer Bernard Salt writing on The Australian:
'There can be no doubt that the arrival of new technologies has had a powerful effect in shaping work, life and relationships in the 21st century.
But the impact of mobile phones, SMS and social media such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as smart phones such as the iPhone, go beyond the way we work and the way we form relationships.
New technology is forging new protocols and new, somewhat bizarre, social behaviours.
Do you check emails on your iPhone on weeknights when you are home with your family? What about on weekends? Do you zone out of a family conversation to "just check your emails"?
Do you take your iPhone on holidays so that you can keep track of what's happening on the work front?
Have you checked your iPhone at a family wedding? What about at a funeral?
You have, haven't you? Is nothing sacred?
Why do you need to look at your iPhone all day, every day? What vital piece of information are you expecting that you have to look at the thing every five minutes?"
Keep reading, here, to see whether you fit the bill. Odds on you do!
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