Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Loss of innocence

Well my resistance to the information revolution lasted exactly 2 hours into my Post Graduate studies. I thought that I would at least be able to wait until my 7 year old had turned 9 before it became necessary to embrace this new world order. Here am I proudly wielding a mobile phone that is nearly as old as my boy thinking that I would be able to maintain my innocence for at least another couple of years....
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  1. susannah_111 March 2011 at 15:21

    Hi Martin,
    I understand what you mean about yielding to all the new technologies out there. These days it is unavoidable unfortunately. I often feel sorry for the older generation who dont necessarily use the Internet.
    Ive been working in a call centre during summer (interesting) and I am often curious as to why we only offer statements online for members instead of posting it out. We have to mention our online service to all our members and promote the password function. I often have members upset with me as they dont even have a computer...

    Best of luck with your studies! Look forward to more of your posts.
    Susannah.

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  2. Anticraft1 March 2011 at 16:59

    Thanks Susannah... Of course our parents and their parents struggled with our world too... Before the 1950's TV did not exist in our lounge rooms; there was much consternation then about the invasion of the mass media. It seems that the world continues to go faster and faster and the challenges faced by the previous generations are compounded by the new ones.

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  3. Ursula2 March 2011 at 19:30

    I can relate to the aged mobile phone Martin, I think I've had mine for at least 4 years, and even that feels old! I do enjoy its simplicity in comparison to the swish IPhone and Android phones (though once this phone dies I will have an excuse to maybe buy something a little more tech savvy).

    Ursula.

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  4. naiveblogger5 March 2011 at 18:18

    I love my old brick, I can drop it, throw it around backpacked with it, and it still works after six years!

    Am I a bit of nanna for trying to keep technologies seperate ie, phone as a phone, not a pda/pc?

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