4 ms·
>Smartphones are unapologetically devices for consumption. The only people who say this, as well as "Tablets are only for consumption" are those who lack creat
by kilo_bravo_3 7y ago
>Smartphones are unapologetically devices for consumption.
The only people who say this, as well as "Tablets are only for consumption" are those who lack creativity and imagination.
Movies have been shot on smartphones. Music has been produced on smartphones. Novels have been written on smartphones.
On a smartphone I have "created" or edited notes, videos, spreadsheets, photo slideshows, goofy songs for friends and family, and smartphones are a portal to a vast wealth of information that is infinitely more convenient and useful for my technical hobbies than a laptop or desktop PC.
Ham radio tools, astronomy tools, film photography light metering apps, the list goes on and on.
Using Star Walk to peruse the constellations at night while in your backyard "creates" knowledge and memories better than any astronomy program on a "computer".
If you're not using a smartphone (AND TABLET!) to "create", you are probably a very boring person.
- francisofascii 7y agoDrop the last line to make this argument compelling.
- kilo_bravo_3 7y agoHow about "If you criticize smartphones as devices fit only for consumption you are probably a very boring person, especially in light of the overwhelming abundance of evidence to the contrary. Grandma and Grandpa would probably enjoy receiving a photo slideshow of you and your friends enjoying life, created on and communicated via your smartphone."
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago> Novels have been written on smartphones. There's no accounting for masochists I suppose. That's like saying its possible to beat Dark Souls with a Guitar Hero controller. It may be technically true but that doesn't mean anyone should ever do it.
- judge2020 7y agoNice reference - https://youtu.be/g789wC9YhCw https://youtu.be/g789wC9YhCw
- zimpenfish 7y agoWhich lead me to "Using Donkey Kong Bongos, I beat Dark Souls 3 with no shields or summon." https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI4MuUyu64FsljRm8G0jrSqPo1RET8kJM https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI4MuUyu64FsljRm8G0jr... shakes head in bewildered admiration
- kilo_bravo_3 7y agoIn Japan and other parts of Asia it is a form of constrained writing. Refugees and political prisoners have written books using smartphones because either they were not allowed PCs or would send out chapters one SMS message at a time using borrowed phones. In the US, authors have written epic fantasy novels on their smartphone because it allows them to carry their drafts in their pocket and work on them as fancy strikes. 60% of "The Warded Man" was written on an HP iPaq, 10 years ago. >I did the math once. Early on my publisher asked me that in an interview, and it was about 60 percent. About 100,000 words. But it wasn’t all on the train; sometimes I do it while in the park, or in-line at the bank, or while on a road trip where I’d sit in the passenger seat and just work. The YA romance novel "After" was written on a smartphone and made its author a couple million bucks before turning into a movie that made $63 million. Novels used to be written with pen and ink on paper, and later were typewritten. A smartphone is not as ergonomic as a physical keyboard but it is light years ahead of writing everything out by hand.
- buboard 7y agothe truth is you sort-of edited notes (you didnt typeset a book), you sort-of edited video (cropping and some minimal effects), you sort-of made a spreadsheet (try making an errorbar graph), or a photo slideshow (template-based). Yes they are a portal to computer creativity, a demo, but i doubt someone created a mobile game or learned to make a web page with them.