Yesterday I happened to come across this really good blog called "Tweetage Wasteland". The owner of the site has some really good quotes from people who are always connected, and always checking their phones or laptops or whatever wherever they are. There are some classics there, and it really just want to show how overconnected (I just made that up) we all are:I Walked the Brooklyn Bridge Without Facebook
This was an era before the internet became an umbilical cord.
This was an era before the internet became an umbilical cord.
I really liked this one because it's true. Can't we just walk up and down the street anymore? When did it become a big deal? Why does that restaurant you ate at matter? Why do I need to know.
Because I need to know.
We All Have Photographic Memories Now
McEnroe has never watched the video of his dramatic 1980 Wimbledon final against Bjorn Borg … He doesn’t want to take the chance that his memory of the experience will be altered or even replaced by a new memory of the video version of the event.
McEnroe has never watched the video of his dramatic 1980 Wimbledon final against Bjorn Borg … He doesn’t want to take the chance that his memory of the experience will be altered or even replaced by a new memory of the video version of the event.
This one really hit me. I've felt this way before, where if I go back and look at things I've previously written or have performed or produced, I'll forget how I felt or currently feel about them. That they'll change over time, or I'll find flaws in things I should have done differently. Some things should just be left alone locked up in that little black box we all have. It's this thing called History, and on some personal levels, it doesn't need to be relived on YouTube indefinitely.
I Can’t Read Anything Longer Than This Headline
After a decade of browsing, blogging, linking, clicking and Tweeting, I find it nearly impossible to focus on a book even when I try to recreate a reading environment that mirrors a more technologically simple time.
After a decade of browsing, blogging, linking, clicking and Tweeting, I find it nearly impossible to focus on a book even when I try to recreate a reading environment that mirrors a more technologically simple time.
This one is true as well. I need brief articles or diagrams to keep me interested longer than things longer than a paragraph. Remember how an article in the newspaper picks up on another page? It's hard to not get distracted and remain interested enough to start reading it again later. Of course, that is if you still read things like the Onion on paper.
Check out the site - it's really interesting, and some days I really think that I'm connected enough. I try to keep my communication just far enough away that I'm not that guy sitting in a coffee shop messing with his iPhone as his friend is sitting right next to him as life passes him by.
But then again, the longer I push back that smartphone purchase, maybe I'm being left behind. I guess I'm OK with that right now.
-Nate
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