"The Cellphone, Navigating Our Lives"
The cellphone. Bringing people closer to the ones who matter most.
The cellphone. Creepy.
(cellphone... one word?)
This article compares the cellphone to a map. More and more, cellphone users are using their devices as maps through use of mobile GPS and other map technology. Google has very recently produced a program called Latitude: used for finding the location of old friends, family members, etc. This may seem normal to us, but most of the elderly population would find this an invasion of privacy. Why don't we? Probably because our generation is accustomed to sharing personal information (at the entire world's desposal) through Facebook, MySpace, and other like sites... we even call these things "communities". It's really strange when you start to think about it. We are the first generation of 20 year olds who accept and even prefer to use a machine as our main source of information. We love our iphones. We love our TV. We love love love technology.
But when will it stop? It makes me feel uneasy. What if in 10 years I'm sitting at home and my neighbor runs over and says, "HEY! While I was on vacation in Italy I noticed those mashed potatoes you ate for dinner two days ago at 6:07-6:25 p.m. Can I get the recipe, they looked SWEET." You know? What's coming?
I experience extreme contradiction with myself when I think about it. First thought: technology freaks me out. Second thought: what am I talking about? I freakin' LOVE technology. (Really, I do.) Third thought: It doesn't matter what I think.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/science/17map.html?pagewanted=2&ref=science
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Hi Anna- Please include some images with your articles, especially those about your favorite artists... and also include your own photographs, the ones that you shot for class, etc. We all need to be up to eight articles after today... and start including your personal timeline... a lot I know, but easier if you keep up! v
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