PHONES.
Guess which two items in this photo share something in common?
Yep. Both the egg and modern day smart phone both break when you drop them. The egg gives us the infinite argument of what came first. The chicken or the egg?
The smart phone gives us the world at our finger tips, and for today's 'always online' generation, this is marvelous. But damn, when it breaks...
You are cut off from the all important feed of Facebook and Insta, can't access your always available sidekicks on Whatsapp or Viber, not to mention to see who's liked you back on Tinder, it is like you are dead and staring back from up above at your isolated body.
A body that is ironically surrounded by real, warm blooded walking talking humans. But those online who are no longer at your finger tips, matter most. The real people do not matter, who cares?
The lovingly known "brick", aka the almighty classic Nokia, is still robust, compact to fit into your pocket without disturbing any wish for a slim fit appearance clothing wise, and can quite simply take abuse. And perhaps more importantly, save you from abuse.
The abuse of always feeling you must be available. With the old Nokia, somebody had to phone you to reach you. Failing that, if they texted you, the blue and purple double ticks that haunt us on a daily basis, triggering a sense of guilt, and distracting us from the task in hand, simply did not exist. You replied when you wanted to and nobody felt offended. The classic Nokia is still stubborn is it's old age. No blue ticks. Ever.
I would love to hear what you think. As an 'always on' generation participant myself, namely for work may I add, I do see the value in always being connected and protecting that status to be so. But I also feel it has taken something away from me. Any thoughts?
Guess which two items in this photo share something in common?
Yep. Both the egg and modern day smart phone both break when you drop them. The egg gives us the infinite argument of what came first. The chicken or the egg?
The smart phone gives us the world at our finger tips, and for today's 'always online' generation, this is marvelous. But damn, when it breaks...
You are cut off from the all important feed of Facebook and Insta, can't access your always available sidekicks on Whatsapp or Viber, not to mention to see who's liked you back on Tinder, it is like you are dead and staring back from up above at your isolated body.
A body that is ironically surrounded by real, warm blooded walking talking humans. But those online who are no longer at your finger tips, matter most. The real people do not matter, who cares?
The lovingly known "brick", aka the almighty classic Nokia, is still robust, compact to fit into your pocket without disturbing any wish for a slim fit appearance clothing wise, and can quite simply take abuse. And perhaps more importantly, save you from abuse.
The abuse of always feeling you must be available. With the old Nokia, somebody had to phone you to reach you. Failing that, if they texted you, the blue and purple double ticks that haunt us on a daily basis, triggering a sense of guilt, and distracting us from the task in hand, simply did not exist. You replied when you wanted to and nobody felt offended. The classic Nokia is still stubborn is it's old age. No blue ticks. Ever.
I would love to hear what you think. As an 'always on' generation participant myself, namely for work may I add, I do see the value in always being connected and protecting that status to be so. But I also feel it has taken something away from me. Any thoughts?
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