Is FOMO anything like FUD ?
Why no attribution for the author of the article, William Haigen? It’s right in front of you, right there in the byline.
I don’t have a smart phone. I make maps that I follow all the time easily and find the places I map.
He needs to get better at making maps.
I will take the occasional photo or map lookup or Internet lookup while out and about, but none of those are critical. I don't access emails on my phone, nor any of our financial or medical accounts. I don't have "smart pay" set up. Using a credit card or cash works just fine.
I will add that one feature that has been useful is WiFi Calling. This has been quite handy at home, where our neighborhood gets mediocre cell reception with all carriers. 5G, which I turned off on my iPhone, is not reliable for anyone in the area.
Because of my low usage, the battery in my iPhone 13 will probably outlast the phone's ability to be iOS-updated down the line in the future.
so this stupid did not know how to put music from a computer to a music device, have a telephone, use a map, or entertain himself.
One of the best productivity apps on a IPhone that no one knows about, is the scanner built into the Notes app.
It makes excellent quality scans that are as good as a expensive office scanner.
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It really amazes me sometimes that there are actually people out there writing about useless stuff, and getting paid to do it. Actually making a living from it. I guess it’s better writing about stuff like this than being a political scribe for the DNC.
If cell service went down for over a day, people would be having withdrawal and some would become crazier than they already are. After a few days, watch out.
One thing that makes it so compelling is its in our nature to look towards what’s coming towards us, to pay attention to what may be coming and to socialize over it and share information.
All you have to do is think back to how the Bible records that the city gates, in ancient times, were places of congregation. People were looking to what was developing next, and sharing information of what was happening.
What’s going on on one’s phone can often mean that it seems more relevant to us than what’s going on around us. And if we’re doing something like waiting in a line, that may be true.
But it’s a tradeoff, and often not a good one, because we often do miss out on a lot of what we’d be taking in around us that actually does have relevance to us, if we weren’t on our phones. Those types of things actually did have meaning and usefulness to us, although they often didn’t feel that way at the time. For instance, unexpected conversations with strangers.
Georgia AG claims not having a phone makes you a criminal That’s dangerous for constitutional rights
Another coinkydink: The author's an Aussie.
Smart phones are great for my business. I have one for my calls. I have one in my office tethered to my server, and one more at my off-grid home for internet. I don’t do any social media outside of FR
I had a forty year career in telecommunications, thirty one with Verizon Business (legacy MCI) that I retired from.
Knowing how it all works, I know it's not magic, and cannot control me. These past nine years that I have been retired, I don't answer phone calls very often and ignore emails and instant messages. I don't have to pay any attention to this anymore.
Just take five deep breaths and tell yourself that you don't need to worship the great god electron.
I only use it to make phone calls to my wife when I am at the grocery store. But yesterday, I looked up the phone number of my local pharmacy while I was at the doctor's office. That was the first time in weeks that I used it for anything but talking.
They have no idea how to do anything so they blindly follow their daily government instructions, go only where the government tells them to go and haul an entire battery bank behind them in fear that the battery on their personal controller will die. Which would leave them in the horrible position of actually having to THINK.