Comments on: A Scientific Study, Day 30. http://www.ordinary-times.com/archives/science/2009/a-scientific-study-day-30 A Collection Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Nick http://www.ordinary-times.com/archives/science/2009/a-scientific-study-day-30#comment-417 Nick Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:53:39 +0000 http://www.ordinary-times.com/?p=969#comment-417 I have been using a prepaid for 2 months. Not a bad way to go. I have been using a prepaid for 2 months. Not a bad way to go.

]]> By: Ben Moral http://www.ordinary-times.com/archives/science/2009/a-scientific-study-day-30#comment-413 Ben Moral Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:26:41 +0000 http://www.ordinary-times.com/?p=969#comment-413 Also, if you DO ditch it, this seems like the logical way to go: http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html Also, if you DO ditch it, this seems like the logical way to go:

http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html

]]> By: Ben Moral http://www.ordinary-times.com/archives/science/2009/a-scientific-study-day-30#comment-412 Ben Moral Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:25:41 +0000 http://www.ordinary-times.com/?p=969#comment-412 Jimbo, I love you man, but I think the fact that you're wrestling with this phone thing might say more about you and your social needs than it does about society. I lived without a cell phone for a long time. I got one when I went on the Warped tour and needed it, I kept it because appreciated the convenience of checking messages on the go and calling people whenever I had a free moment. There have surely been times when I've felt tethered by it, and I've taken breaks (some intentional, some accidental -- e.g. those caused by the Sandy river...) The fact is: technology has made having interactions with people easier. The quality of those interactions may be degraded. This is a trade off. But nothing inherent in having a phone prevents you from ALSO having the quality interactions that you seem to long for. Ditch the phone or don't, either way -- it's the intentionality of the time you spend with people that matters. Jimbo, I love you man, but I think the fact that you’re wrestling with this phone thing might say more about you and your social needs than it does about society. I lived without a cell phone for a long time. I got one when I went on the Warped tour and needed it, I kept it because appreciated the convenience of checking messages on the go and calling people whenever I had a free moment.

There have surely been times when I’ve felt tethered by it, and I’ve taken breaks (some intentional, some accidental — e.g. those caused by the Sandy river…)

The fact is: technology has made having interactions with people easier. The quality of those interactions may be degraded. This is a trade off. But nothing inherent in having a phone prevents you from ALSO having the quality interactions that you seem to long for.

Ditch the phone or don’t, either way — it’s the intentionality of the time you spend with people that matters.

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