I've touched on technology and communication a bit in the past. Talking about texting mishaps and how quickly technology has evolved in the past 15 years or so. But it was actually my Summer camp post that inspired this one.
As I was getting ready for work this morning, listening to music wirelessly through my iPhone to my stereo system and fiddling with my fantasy baseball team online I wondered, how did we take this stuff for granted so quickly?
Technology is a wonderful thing. These days we can communicate instantly with a wide array of people; family, friends, co-workers, etc. But has the ease of technology ever backfired on you?
Between the Internet and smartphones, there are dozens of ways to tell our friends what we're up to these days. Do you find "location based services" to be fun, or do you think it's an invasion of privacy?
When moving to a new house, there have always been two things you needed to do right away - change your mailing address and get your new phone number. A lot of people aren't doing that second step anymore.
Has this ever happened to you - you're walking around, say, the mall or the boardwalk, you have your cell phone in your hip pocket, feel it vibrate, take it out only to discover that you didn't actually get a phone call or text message? You just got a "phantom ring".
I just had to share this story about "the world's first cupcake automat". How many times have you sat around and thought, "man, I could go for a cupcake right now"?
Most of us have had this conversation - the phone rings, you say "hello?" and get nothing but background noise in response. Maybe people having a conversation, maybe office ambiance, maybe someone driving in a car. You've just been "butt dialed".