Category Archives: Tech

Life, Tech

Interruptus Maximus

We live in a world where we have constant interruptions from what we are doing. Phones notifying you of the latest and greatest game requests, ads that start playing sound randomly on the page, random things happening around, we have many interruptions and a lot of things that are trying to grab our attention. All of these things are also taking us away from the quiet moments that we really need to regularly experience.

If we don’t have those moments, I feel that we start to lose focus on what is really going on in our lives and everything just starts to become noise. When there is that much noise, we can’t hear what really is going. All that noise can prevent you from looking at things and seeing what really may have happened.

All of these interruptions are taking us out of the moments we are in. It could be a quiet moment of peace or out and about with others. The noise just takes over whatever we are doing.

I believe that we do need to have those moments of quiet. Those are the moments that we can go back and look at what is happening and where things really are. Those moments of reflection and peace are really important to life.

Personally, I will use a lot of the “Do Not Disturb” modes to help keep me in the moment or in the quiet times. It really help, even though I get as many notifications as some people do. It really makes a difference for me.

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Be Present

There is something about being present when you are with people. When you are always on the phone or being distracted by it, it takes something away from life. With all the technology, we are in one of the most connected times. But, with that connectedness, we really are also in one of the most disconnected times. People are more glued to their devices than really paying attention to the people and situations around them.

When you feel that urge to check your phone when you are with people, don’t. Just be present in the moment and enjoy what is going on around you. Those notifications will be there when you are done.

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Connected to disconnect?

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I know that it may seem like that technology is making you more connected to others, but I feel that there are times where it causes a disconnection between you and others. I’m talking about those times when you are out and about and actually with people. Put your phones away when you are with people and actually connect!

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If you can’t sit still, that’s a problem

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I heard this from someone in the last week and I think that it is a very good message.

If you can’t sit still for a few minutes without feeling like you have to check your phone, you have too much going on in your life.

Technology has really made it easier to get in contact with people and we are starting to get to dependent on it. If you can’t sit still for just a few minutes without feeling the need to reach for your phone, you should look at what is important in your life.

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Disconnect

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It pained me to see so many people “tethered” to power sources at a festival I was at over this weekend. Have we as a society become so addicted to our phones? I know that at a festival you are trying to get  in touch with people, but I don’t think that people should be using them so much that you have to keep charging them. People should disconnect in those things. You just can’t let life pass you by.

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Over Teching

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I guess I don’t fully understand the hype over smart watches. I just feel that they are just going to make us more dependent on technology and make us less social. There is a lot we can get out of technology, but we can’t let it take away some of the skills we need to develop. Technology is a tool, not a crutch. We are also getting too connected at times.

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Don’t Let Social Media Replace Real Conversation

I think we are starting to let social media has too much influence and control over our lives. Sure, it can be great for talking to someone who might be a long distance from where you are, but I think that it is starting to make us forget how to communicate in real life. I really don’t like this concept of something not really being official until it is online.

I think that people are somewhat using it to hide from some of the conversations that they are not wanting to have or are too scared to have. That’s not good. I feel that social media has somewhat become a crutch in real life.

I think that as a society, we need to relearn how to be social again. We are letting social media and technology make the tough conversations be behind a curtain.

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Report the News, Not the Rumor

It never ceases to amaze me just what is acceptable in technology journalism these days. There is so much that rides on pure rumors and speculation about the coming products. Why is it that we put so much weight on the rumors? I don’t think that in any other area we would put so much weight on pure speculation. How does tech journalism get a pass on this?

I know the quality of other journalism is getting lower these days, but it hasn’t stooped to basing most of the stories on pure speculation.

I guess it just bothers me every time there is about to be an announcement from one of the major tech companies. It pains me that an entire industry is based on speculation and not factual reporting. We’ve become a society where rumor rules and facts play second fiddle. Then there is the complaining and disappointment when they don’t get what they though they were going to.

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We don’t always need the phones!

People have become too dependent on their phone now! It seems like everywhere you go, someone is sitting on their phone, almost oblivious to what is going on around them. It’s almost like we’ve become too connected that we’ve come disconnected from life.

I used to be a bit like that, almost always on my phone. That is no longer the case, and it has actually made me feel better. I no longer feel like I have to even catch up on what I have missed since I last checked [insert your choice social network here].

I really think that we have become so addicted to technology that we are forgetting how to actually communicate in person. I think that we have to just stop depending on the phone and actually start living when we are out and about. Let’s stop diving into technology as an escape from what we are doing and start actually being present when we are out and about. Those updates can wait. Life is too short to let it pass by buried in technology.

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Too much tech?

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Are we too dependent on technology now? It seems like we are either trusting too much in it, using it to avoid life, or using it to supplement what someone feels is missing in their life. All this technology is not always a good thing.