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Yawn, this again? Who gets a tweet notification on their phone (who gets tweet notifications on their phone, that would be a starting point) and stares at it

Yawn, this again? Who gets a tweet notification on their phone (who gets tweet notifications on their phone, that would be a starting point) and stares at it o n their tiny phone screen instead of just pulling up twitter.com on the screen in front of you? (the premise he was describing...) Everything else aside, this makes no sense to me. I get so few notifications that I will only get my phone out if it dings and it wasn't Gmail or Twitter (DMs only) or Google Voice, all of which are always instantly available via Chrome pinned tabs or extensions. They're minimal, they don't make noise, I only notice to check them when I'm in a lull and looking for something to do while GitHub takes ages to compress my Git repo. Do the people that write these articles think that the rest of us have the same ADD they do? I guess I forget how many people will still be midsentence and check their phone and zone out. No, it's cool, I'll just sit here and stare at you and wait.

shawn-butler 14y ago
It's about trying too hard to be a hipster technologist. It's _sooo_ in now to pretend you don't rely on your phone like everyone else does. I think it's resonating in the bubble chamber with that extremely, poignant statement made by the KC Chiefs quarterback regarding paying attention to people rather than our phones commenting on the murder-suicide committed by his teammate: http://youtu.be/vc-e-T39Z80?t=21s http://youtu.be/vc-e-T39Z80?t=21s Oh, and people are dumb for sharing their photos on instagram. Somehow that also got pretty lame in the last couple of weeks when I wasn't paying attention.
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  Well... my point wasn't that you can't use your phone, just that it's silly to be a slave to it. I don't care if people want to use Instagram and I didn't see the Chiefs video. I guess I don't really see it as "hipster technologist" because it seems rather obvious to me. I think it does to a lot of people whose phones are primarily a utility and only a toy when they want a distraction (waiting at the DMV). I guess it's good that people are waking up to the fact that they need not let technology be more in charge of ones life than themselves.
  - shawn-butler 14y ago
    Sorry, my comments were not really directed at your points only motivated by them and were a response to those of the orginal blog post. I'm curious though, did you ever evaluate wp7/wp8? Microsoft was pushing in its marketing message that it was designed to solve this very problem, live tile updates, at-a-glance utility rather than deep distraction, etc.
    - drivebyacct2 14y ago
      I've never found Android, the OS, to be distracting. I'm a swipe and a tap away from any notification. I prefer it, no doubt because I'm used to it, but all the same. With the new lock screen widgets, I'm pretty sure it's faster/directer access than any other mobile OS. I never really got those ads, you get what you put into your phone. I think the people that spend a bunch of time on their phone are spending the time because they're choosing to be on it. It's not like my brother stares at his iPhone all the time because he's looking for his bosses email... it's because he's texting, or playing a game or lazily streaming music via youtube, etc.

shawn-butler 14y ago

It's about trying too hard to be a hipster technologist. It's _sooo_ in now to pretend you don't rely on your phone like everyone else does. I think it's resonating in the bubble chamber with that extremely, poignant statement made by the KC Chiefs quarterback regarding paying attention to people rather than our phones commenting on the murder-suicide committed by his teammate: http://youtu.be/vc-e-T39Z80?t=21s http://youtu.be/vc-e-T39Z80?t=21s Oh, and people are dumb for sharing their photos on instagram. Somehow that also got pretty lame in the last couple of weeks when I wasn't paying attention.

drivebyacct2 14y ago
Well... my point wasn't that you can't use your phone, just that it's silly to be a slave to it. I don't care if people want to use Instagram and I didn't see the Chiefs video. I guess I don't really see it as "hipster technologist" because it seems rather obvious to me. I think it does to a lot of people whose phones are primarily a utility and only a toy when they want a distraction (waiting at the DMV). I guess it's good that people are waking up to the fact that they need not let technology be more in charge of ones life than themselves.
- shawn-butler 14y ago
  Sorry, my comments were not really directed at your points only motivated by them and were a response to those of the orginal blog post. I'm curious though, did you ever evaluate wp7/wp8? Microsoft was pushing in its marketing message that it was designed to solve this very problem, live tile updates, at-a-glance utility rather than deep distraction, etc.
  - drivebyacct2 14y ago
    I've never found Android, the OS, to be distracting. I'm a swipe and a tap away from any notification. I prefer it, no doubt because I'm used to it, but all the same. With the new lock screen widgets, I'm pretty sure it's faster/directer access than any other mobile OS. I never really got those ads, you get what you put into your phone. I think the people that spend a bunch of time on their phone are spending the time because they're choosing to be on it. It's not like my brother stares at his iPhone all the time because he's looking for his bosses email... it's because he's texting, or playing a game or lazily streaming music via youtube, etc.