Matthew Kammerer
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A week without the iPhone?
Author: Matthew Kammerer10 Apr
After recent discussion a few friends my friends and I are considering a camping trip without cell phones. This almost scared me a little at first. Did they understand I don’t just make calls with my phone? I browse several of my favorite sites, check email, play games, and impress people with mine! Hehe..
I recently read an article about someone surviving a week without his iPhone and it was a fun read :).
Check it out here: Sans iPhone: The debriefing
2 Responses for "A week without the iPhone?"
we talked about this in my telecomm class… how no one could go without any media for a whole week which included cell phones. The professor said he used to offer a ton of extra credit for people who could pull it off. the only thing they could do was use the computer for school. He said the only people who COULD pull it off were the out doorsy hiking type because they had something to occupy their time with.
and today we talked about how much of an affect the media has on our lives and it just depresses me so much to the point i almost feel sick. to know that there is no escape. because even if you decide you won’t use the media, you’ll be so out of the loop and so behind in the cultural world.
It really makes me wish i had a million dollars so i could buy my own secluded island.
As much as I like the convenience of your iphone, sometimes i think it takes up too much of your attention when we’re together. but of course… i’m guilty too lol. Cellphones provide such a distraction these days that it makes it difficult to interact with people on a more personal level than we were once used to.
the thing that scares me the most is that if this is the society media has created today, what is it going to be like in the future?
I am fairly sure I would struggle big-time without my iPhone.
BUT - and it is a big but that would make it worthwhile - I am also fairly sure that it would be incredibly liberating - a freeing experience to know that you dont *really* need that little piece of technology to exist.
An interesting concept - who people are is constantly changing because of their interaction with the media - we are all constantly effected by different bits of knowledge and information. So to spend a week or week with your friends caming without any form of media would mean that you really get to know your friends more for who they are *right now*.
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