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Socializing
By: Mac Date: August 30, 2012, 1:41 pm
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So each day I walk past a small office with a young individual
staring at a computer. The funny thing is no matter what part of
the day, it’s always the same exact gaze. Which leads me to
believe, she has one function and that’s to look at the monitor.
I can only guess she does not do this strictly for work.
Which leads me to the next thought of those folks that live and
breathe their electronic gadget as a huge portion of their
communicative life. I mean we see it all the time. Two friends
walking down the street looking at their gadget instead of
looking and talking to each other. Which, to me is a very
shallow thing to do. The whole counting on the internet for the
purpose to their day. Not real people, but the virtual people.
Yes, it communicates, but lacks substance.
Which brings me back to the young lady in the room. Right now
she may think this is the dream job of being in her own little
electronic world, and I’m sure tweeting, facebooking, texting
and socializing electronically friends mixed throughout her
working day. But I have to wonder how long it takes for an
individual to realize the dead end and lonely road they are
taking? Months? Years? Ever?
Maybe it is my age. Maybe it’s my work. I sit in an environment
where people are perfectly comfortable, or so they seem, to sit
in the front of the monitor and do nothing else social wise.
Other folks, I know have to get up and talk… like me.
The whole electronic environment thing is OK in small doses.
Like reading a book, give me my own personal time to read a
book. It could be half hour it could be hours on end. But in the
end my mind needs more.
Back to, how long will it take the average person to realize
this electronic social interacting is empty and nothing to
account for. I liken the socializing to reading an entertainment
magazine. It’s fills an immediate need but has zero value. But
like an addiction, they need to get back to that world because
they believe that’s all they have.
Or, are they afraid of something?
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Re: Socializing
By: Chiprocks1 Date: August 30, 2012, 3:27 pm
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I have Facebook, but I never really use it. Sometimes I wonder
why I even have an account with the amount of time I've not
invested in it.
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Re: Socializing
By: Mac Date: April 8, 2013, 11:36 am
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To the other end of the spectrum. I can only imagine is Google
Glasses will bring a perfect storm... and I don't mean in a good
way. People love their gadgets and pictures are really taking
off.
People today are already lacking in etiquette with smart phones.
Google Glasses will only make it worse.
HTML http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/streams/2013/April/130407/1C6823979-130407-googleglass-hmed-2p.streams_desktop_medium.jpg
[glow=red,2,300]Watch where you point your head! Google Glass
begs for new etiquette [/glow]
[quote]It's reasonable that Google Glass — the futuristic
headgear from the search engine giant — will be banned in places
that ban cameras. It's also understandable that people will be
uncomfortable around a gadget that can snap photos, chime in
with messages and cause untold other social disruptions.
So it's at least some small comfort that the first people to get
the invention — the so-called "Glass Explorers" — are already
thinking of ways to make it less of a social stigma, before it
becomes widely available at the end of 2013.
"We're going to have to work it out as a society, as we always
do," said Noble Ackerson, a member of the Explorers. "When we
first had cellphones, there were certain rules that we now take
for granted. Like not answering a call during dinner or
something like that. Or in a meeting you wouldn't get up and
start talking. We have that understanding with cellphones."
More...
HTML http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/watch-where-you-point-your-head-google-glass-begs-new-1B9240738[/quote]
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Re: Socializing
By: Mac Date: January 17, 2014, 11:44 am
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Just shaking my head....
[glow=red,2,300]Motorist cleared in Google Glass driving
case[/glow]
[quote] Cecilia Abadie may be the first driver cited for wearing
Google's computer-in-an-eyeglass, and her court hearing could
help shape future laws on wearable technology as it goes
mainstream.
A San Diego traffic court threw out a citation Thursday against
a woman who authorities said was driving while wearing the
Google Glass computer-in-eyeglass device.
Commissioner John Blair ruled that Cecilia Abadie was not guilty
because the code she was cited for requires proof that the
device was in operation.
Blair found there was no proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
Abadie is believed to be the first motorist cited for wearing
Google Glass while driving. She was also found not guilty of
speeding.
Abadie, a software developer, is among some 30,000 people called
"explorers" who have been selected to try out Google Glass
before the technology becomes widely available to the public
later this year.
The device on a kind of glass-wear frame features a
thumbnail-size transparent display above the right eye.
Abadie was pulled over in October on a San Diego freeway. The
California Highway Patrol officer saw she was wearing Google
Glass and tacked on a citation usually given to people driving
while a video or TV screen is on in the front of their vehicle.
Abadie had pleaded not guilty to both charges in San Diego
traffic court. Her attorney William Concidine previously said
the device was not activated when she was driving.
The CHP previously declined comment. At the time of Abadie's
citation, the agency said anything that takes a driver's
attention from the road is dangerous.
The lightweight frames are equipped with a hidden camera and
tiny display that responds to voice commands. The technology can
be used to do things such as check email, learn background about
something the wearer is looking at, or to get driving
directions.
Legislators in at least three states — Delaware, New Jersey and
West Virginia — have introduced bills that would ban driving
with Google Glass.
Google's website contains an advisory for users: "Read up and
follow the law. Above all, even when you're following the law,
don't hurt yourself or others by failing to pay attention to the
road." [/quote]
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