tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post7501317638746756260..comments2024-03-22T03:35:27.752-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: On putting away the damn smartphonecarmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-17282812500804728652017-02-26T11:04:37.502-05:002017-02-26T11:04:37.502-05:00I have a flip-phone. It's ancient. I have to t...I have a flip-phone. It's ancient. I have to text by hitting each button numerous times until I get to the right letter. People laugh at me. And I can't do internetty things with it. But that suits me just fine. I use Blogger and email on my lap top. No FB (well not much), no Twitty stuff, I just don't have enough time to waste on all that malarkey. Can you tell I'm OLD?????Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-4082159846777332642017-02-24T23:21:36.265-05:002017-02-24T23:21:36.265-05:00How about trading in your smart phone, for a flip-...How about trading in your smart phone, for a flip-phone...<br />Never mind, that would be cruel. I know I couldn't do it.<br />I don't receive texts, nor do I send them. I rarely go on FB, never on Instagram, and no Twitter<br />Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-82144986766703624192017-02-24T06:59:15.315-05:002017-02-24T06:59:15.315-05:00I rarely use my phone except when I am going some...I rarely use my phone except when I am going somewhere in the car. I am retired. My addiction's are still to FB and Blogger, as being retired that is the way I keep in touch. I try to keep everything in balance. Much healthier.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-6941723647214628292017-02-23T18:51:05.141-05:002017-02-23T18:51:05.141-05:00It's not just the smart phone. That little (an...It's not just the smart phone. That little (and getting bigger) device is but the most convenient way of being "connected." But it's not the only way. When I put it down, either my iMac or my MacBook Pro are at the ready. If those two are too cumbersome - and my small(ish) iPhone 7 is too small, there is always my iPad charged up and ready to go. It is more the the WiFi or LTE icons I am addicted to than it is a specific device. Or, in recovery terms, my addiction is to being "turned on," but how I get there, my "drug of choice," varies and changes. And if those drugs of choice are for some reason unavailable, like a good junkie I'll stoop to a PC or Android device. Michael K. Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07726807939923761538noreply@blogger.com