It is 7:AM and you are running late for work or school. You take one last look in the mirror before locking the door and you hurry down the three flights of stairs of your five-floor walk up building. A block and a half away you reach in your pocket to retrieve your iPod or cellphone but it's not there. What do you do?
Like most New Yorkers you walk or even run as fast as your legs can carry you back down the block to your apartment, up the three flights of stairs and into your bedroom and search frantically until you find your beloved iPod or cellphone.
Welcome to the new electronic age of iPods, cellphones, blackberries, mp3 players, laptops as thin as an envelope, PDA's, portable and hand-held games and DVD players. Welcome to a time where we simply cannot live without these portable electronic devices and we can't even remember what we did or how we ever lived without them. Welcome to the 21st century!
The average New Yorker carries with them at least three electronic devices. You see it on the subway or the bus, you use it while walking or even driving and you certainly feel it when your electronic companion is not working well as it should. There are even doctors you can take them to when they are sick. So who needs a temper-mental boyfriend or girlfriend or dog when you can cozy up to your favorite music or movies on your electronic companion. Why teach an old dog new tricks when you can simply upgrade to a new phone or download the latest applications? There at your fingertips is your new best friend.
It is amazing to see how society has progressed over the years. Today, electronics are as vital as wearing clothing, we feel naked and alone without them. Social norms have gone from face to face communication to Facebook. We are not satisfied anymore checking e-mails at home on desk tops, now we take it around with us everywhere we go. At bars or clubs or other social settings they don't only offer food and drinks but wireless internet connections, heaven forbid we actually have to interact with the person next to us. We don't smile anymore we send smiley faces, greeting cards are not hand written they are typed and let's not forget video conference and web camming, which eliminates the need for any human interaction.
While these electronics do make life a lot easier, we can't help but wonder, what is happening to social norms? Has Sony replaced society?
Actually, Radio Shack is better than Best Buy for variety in hard-to-find parts (when you don't want to buy stuff online and wait for it to arrive). Like I recently bought a couple of LEDs from Fry's. If I didn't have a Fry's in my town, I'd probably have tried Radio Shack.
Posted by: r4i software | 11/14/2009 at 04:37 AM