What we need is for somebody to make one of those Norman Rockwell holiday paintings, but instead of a group caroling or a family opening gifts, it will be someone pretending to listen to their uncle's endless meanderings while really devoting their attention to that Tetris high score on their phone. Let's face it, MobiDiction is fast becoming as American as preemptive warfare. Shouldn't we allow it to become a part of our holiday traditions as well?
Thursday, December 11, 2008
MobiDiction and the Holidays
MobiDiction will no doubt affect your holidays this year. No, it's not a cardinal sin to check your pocket for texts every five minutes at the table during Thanksgiving dinner, nor is it entirely shameless during Christmas mass to snap and send a picture of the stuffy priest to one of your friends. These aren't desecrations of sacred custom, but creative new pieces to add to the holiday tradition. Pretty soon, buying last-second gifts with your iPhone on Christmas Eve will be just as precious a holiday ritual as putting that last ornament on the tree or making the first cut into the Thanksgiving turkey.
What we need is for somebody to make one of those Norman Rockwell holiday paintings, but instead of a group caroling or a family opening gifts, it will be someone pretending to listen to their uncle's endless meanderings while really devoting their attention to that Tetris high score on their phone. Let's face it, MobiDiction is fast becoming as American as preemptive warfare. Shouldn't we allow it to become a part of our holiday traditions as well?
What we need is for somebody to make one of those Norman Rockwell holiday paintings, but instead of a group caroling or a family opening gifts, it will be someone pretending to listen to their uncle's endless meanderings while really devoting their attention to that Tetris high score on their phone. Let's face it, MobiDiction is fast becoming as American as preemptive warfare. Shouldn't we allow it to become a part of our holiday traditions as well?
Monday, December 1, 2008
Crackberry
For those who seek additional tales of mobi-diction beyond my weekly dose, here's some very good news. Blackberry Made Simple, whose products my company KnowledgeShift is a licensed dealer of, recently released a 'true-crime' style book geared toward mobile addicts. It's called CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse, but from what it looks like it speaks to all mobi-addicts, not just BlackBerry users. You can purchase it directly into your device here. It's also available in regular print edition, though if you're a frequenter of this blog you probably forgot long ago what a paperback book is. In other news, hope everyone had a very mobi-Thanksgiving. Stay tuned for new stories in the next couple days!
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