tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post168601512125354178..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: IPHONELallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-41709704334765436162012-04-23T10:30:31.338-04:002012-04-23T10:30:31.338-04:00Agree on all points, Michael, and with Robert Bern...Agree on all points, Michael, and with Robert Berner, too. It drives me nuts to see all these people walking down the street, heads down, texting, about to walk into me. I walk with trekking poles now and my nastier impulses make me want to stick one of them out and trip the texter. I've so far resisted the impulse. I just move aside. But it willl drives me nuts.William McPhersonhttp://williammcpherson.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-45811938205786969352012-04-23T10:18:35.750-04:002012-04-23T10:18:35.750-04:00Lal--Even multi-tasking has its limits: my wife ha...Lal--Even multi-tasking has its limits: my wife had to admit that it's not possible to read an actual physical newspaper that you hold in your hand or place on your kitchen table and text or play Solitaire on your smart-phone simultaneously.<br />An Un-reconstructed Luddite.Robert Bernernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-29017053839853877412012-04-23T10:03:11.746-04:002012-04-23T10:03:11.746-04:00Thanks Bill, I'd read that and saw the news st...Thanks Bill, I'd read that and saw the news story about how holding in-house business meetings with no chairs were everyone has to stand has reduced and even eliminated people checking their devices during the meeting. It bothers me when I'm talking to my youngest or even older folks and they look down and start responding to a text message or whatever. But on the other hand I totally enjoyed being out at dinner with friends and a subject comes up over which there's some dispute and someone checks their smartphone for the answer (if it's a matter of fact and not opinion) for an instant call on who's correct. That's a gasser, as Louis Armstrong and Hubert Selby Jr. used to say.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-70633799166648455382012-04-23T09:57:31.316-04:002012-04-23T09:57:31.316-04:00Read this http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinio...Read this http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss<br />and keep your head up.William McPhersonhttp://williammcpherson.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-31979620850456686412012-04-22T22:59:14.853-04:002012-04-22T22:59:14.853-04:00I know what you mean. But so far (and a very limit...I know what you mean. But so far (and a very limited far) I'm finding it actually a lot easier to use than the old flip phone I had for the past many many years (whenever they'd ask if I wanted ti upgrade for free I'd say What for?)Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-54073753168594780962012-04-22T19:24:10.599-04:002012-04-22T19:24:10.599-04:00Try as I might, I think its time for me to admit I...Try as I might, I think its time for me to admit I simply cannot keep up with the digital world.<br /><br />I'm told the iPhone is the ultimate in being use-friendly (a phrase I don't think is used anymore) but it seems every new version has an aspect to it that has to be explaained to me with an embarassing amount of detail.-K-https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807noreply@blogger.com