tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post8036457178431459931..comments2024-03-22T03:35:27.752-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: Thumbellinacarmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-39315876684740887372010-09-22T23:07:10.701-04:002010-09-22T23:07:10.701-04:00Little bit of a late post<a href="http://rainkissedbreeze.blogspot.com/2010/09/thematic-photography-2-letters-numbers.html" rel="nofollow">Little bit of a late post</a>Makeup Loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931656712493806106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-40011929472489061192010-09-19T17:12:53.394-04:002010-09-19T17:12:53.394-04:00Engineers were way ahead on the "thumbing&quo...Engineers were way ahead on the "thumbing" thing than the rest of the world.<br /><br />We have long had thumb callouses from using our HP scientific calculators, way before cell phones and texting.<br /><br />I still can't text message worth a hoot, but I'm darn deadly entering equations or converting from hexadecimal to binary to decimal on my trusty ol' Hewlett Packard 48SX graphing calculator.<br /><br />Excuse me while I go retape my horn-rimmed glasses and polish my pocket protector for the coming week of work...JAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272374108524693575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-10861287606093766812010-09-19T12:29:25.678-04:002010-09-19T12:29:25.678-04:00Erm. Voice recognition? *ahem* it is a telephone,...Erm. Voice recognition? *ahem* it <i>is</i> a telephone, right? But I get what you mean.<br /><br />There's always handwriting recognition -- which is surprisingly accurate nowadays. Of course, that's assuming you can write faster than you can type. Which is debatable for me, but for my sons it's no contest. My eldest can text faster than I can <i>type</i>.<br /><br />"Advancement" is -- in my thinking -- a highly subjective measure. We have more technology than we used to, no question about that. But, to quote Jeff Goldblum's character form <i>Jurassic Park</i>, "we spend so much time thinking about whether or not we <i>can</i>, we don't stop to consider whether or not we <i>should</i>."<br /><br />But I digress. What I really came to tell you was that I finally came up with <a href="http://mojo11.blogspot.com/2010/09/thematic-photographic-115-letters.html" rel="nofollow">a suitable shot for the "Letters & Numbers" theme</a>.Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-14059770553051320432010-09-19T07:17:24.261-04:002010-09-19T07:17:24.261-04:00thats so true.. as our thumbs dance on keyboard.. ...thats so true.. as our thumbs dance on keyboard.. feels like we have been doin this for years..<br /><br />well way before that we used to write letters.. with ink and pagesBiyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05608313269348989496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-61085064171596882972010-09-19T03:09:47.866-04:002010-09-19T03:09:47.866-04:00I still write letters, hand-written that is; I fi...I still write letters, hand-written that is; I find e-mails cold and unemotional. My husband and I write 2-3 letters a week to each other (he doesn't live here!)<br /><br />I don't have a blackberry/iPhone/similar, just a standard Nokia mobile (cell) which I use for calls and text messages and the odd photo if I've forgotten my camera.<br /><br />I, like many of you I suspect, am of the in-between generation; happy with technology but still attached to the old ways of communicating.Juniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930937754917509956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-47757412282848314872010-09-19T00:09:59.164-04:002010-09-19T00:09:59.164-04:00I've sent exactly one text message from a phon...I've sent exactly one text message from a phone, and it was my wife's phone, as a favor for her when she couldn't reply to someone right away.<br /><br />I absolutely can't stand it when I see someone in line at a restaurant or at an event with their child, and all they can pay attention to is their cell phone, with the texting. What happened to truly being there in the moment with your child?<br /><br />Could I ever have a use for texting? Sure, but I just don't right now.<br /><br />Maybe I'm not social enough to want to have full-time connectivity to everybody else (kudos to Stacy's comment on that). When I sat waiting to give blood today, I found a magazine to read. I had a few moments to just think about things. Never once did I think I just had to tell somebody something or to find out what someone else was doing at that moment.<br /><br />I think folks don't take time enough to reflect, and I think consumption, not creativity, is growing by leaps and bounds thanks to all these devices. Soon there will be even fewer people actually producing any content, and the rest will lap it up.<br /><br />It's all contributing to the dumbing down of the population.Markhttp://blog.markwill.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-13544540928385951402010-09-18T21:54:50.896-04:002010-09-18T21:54:50.896-04:00The only way to solve the voice recognition privac...The only way to solve the voice recognition privacy issue would be to carry along a Cone of Silence. The fact that this device never worked for Maxwell Smart or Control is an indicator of the problems that could arise...that, and the fact that it would be large and cumbersome.Tracie Nallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908908021649000930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-64437558561771280332010-09-18T21:21:04.659-04:002010-09-18T21:21:04.659-04:00As a deaf girl, I am very dependent on texting for...As a deaf girl, I am very dependent on texting for communication. I was JUST having this conversation with my husband tonight. I am getting carpal tunnel in my thumbs. I'm considering switching to the Android phones with the "swiping" technology. It will be slower, but easier on my thumbd joints...I have to keep them working for a long time!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649007194044098187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-6947004350039312562010-09-18T19:30:04.231-04:002010-09-18T19:30:04.231-04:00When I was a little girl in the days before answer...When I was a little girl in the days before answering machines, I once ran to answer the phone during dinner. My Dad told me in no uncertain terms to sit back down again. He said, "The phone is here to serve us. We are not here to serve the phone." I think that's an understanding that we as a culture have lost since then. Just because we <i>can</i> communicate at all times doesn't mean that we <i>have</i> to.Stacyhttp://microcosm-in-the-q.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-37952176955740121102010-09-18T19:04:43.525-04:002010-09-18T19:04:43.525-04:00I agree w/Ginny... and to me that way was more per...I agree w/Ginny... and to me that way was more personal.. Texting and emailing are convenient yet not as personable.. Getting thank u notes thru email still doesn't go over well w/me.. We're in the century of convenience.. a double edge sword... great technology, but humanness is gone.Kalei's Best Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331539743751163269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-31107476116909058792010-09-18T18:37:56.203-04:002010-09-18T18:37:56.203-04:00I love the names you've given this,Thumbellina...I love the names you've given this,Thumbellina! We used phone booths, which are on their way to extinction now.Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.com