You ever read a really great book? So great that you just want to underline all of it?
That’s how I felt about this article that I came across some time last week, Obsessed with smartphones, oblivious to the here and now — and to be honest…it freaked me out a bit.
Since I am someone who loves technology and online social media I think it’s easy to overlook some of its faults. Since I have been blogging for six years, and use Twitter everyday, and connect with friends on Facebook, it’s easy for me to not realize how these things slowly shape and transform me.
This article, like many other things before it, have been waking me from my stupor. Instead of taking “the numb stance of the technological idiot”, (Thanks John Dyer for turning me on to this idea) I’m hoping to be a better consumer of the technology that I use.
There are many turning points when I realized I was addicted to my smartphone, but these two stand out the most.
- Texting constantly while at a Coldplay concert. It’s like I couldn’t just enjoy being present at a live concert.
- Texting while at the zoo with my daughter instead of just enjoying being at the zoo with her.
- And on, and on, and on the instances I could tell you.
When did you first realize that you were addicted to your smartphone?
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