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\"Blackberry<\/a>It has rained all day today.\u00a0 It seems like it’s rained more than not lately.\u00a0 Matches my mood though since I’ve been headachy and out of sorts — maybe flu maybe not.\u00a0 Hyperion though definitely has the flu but is back to work (out of sick time).\u00a0 Luckily the Thanksgiving holiday is coming up so he’ll get a long weekend — hopefully that will help.\u00a0 Telecommuting would help but contractors are not allowed to telecommute (not that the govies are allowed to either).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I ran into this article the other day on “Ten things mobiles have made, or will make obsolete<\/a>” on recombu.com. The ten things listed are: phone booths, wristwatches, bedside alarm clocks, mp3 players, landline home phones, compact digital cameras, netbooks, handheld game consoles, paper, and brains. The author gives a reason for each choice.<\/p>\n

I found the list and the reason interesting. However, computers were supposed to get rid of the need for paper. Remember the paperless office? Well, we still have paper — lots and lots of paper. Can’t see that it’s reduced in amount just because a copy of each document is electronic.<\/p>\n

It’s the phones screen size that doesn’t work. I’m older and even though you can increase the font size somewhat on the smartphones it’s not a pleasant experience for long term use. Though for emergencies and for keeping in touch or just giving you something to do while stuck somewhere the phone is taking the place of many gadgets.<\/p>\n

One that was not on the list was books. Many phones now have software so you can read books on your phone. Of course I’ve got my Kindle but I know many people who read on their mobiles.<\/p>\n

I don’t carry a watch anymore. My cell has the time in a small window on the front. I don’t listen to music on it because my mobile phone is older. I may upgrade to a blackberry or android-type soon but I’m happy with what I’ve got for now because I have an iPod, a Kindle, a digital camera that fits in my purse along with my netbook.<\/p>\n

The problem with a mobile taking on the jobs of all those items is that when you lose one — the phone — you’ve lost them all. If I lose my phone, well I’ve lost the phone but I still have the music, camera, computer, and books. So, while having one item instead of five is seductive — the thought of losing everything because one item died is just too scary for me right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has rained all day today.\u00a0 It seems like it’s rained more than not lately.\u00a0 Matches my mood though since I’ve been headachy and out of sorts — maybe flu maybe not.\u00a0 Hyperion though definitely has the flu but is back to work (out of sick time).\u00a0 Luckily the Thanksgiving holiday is coming up so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,26,14,41,25],"tags":[109,292,291],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csa","category-entertainment","category-hearth-and-home","category-reading","category-science","tag-kindle","tag-mobile-computing","tag-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nMonday thoughts on the things we carry... - A Curious Statistical Anomaly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/monday-thoughts-on-the-things-we-carry\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"davinci\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/monday-thoughts-on-the-things-we-carry\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/monday-thoughts-on-the-things-we-carry\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"davinci\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4344e39b0408fba0234cf68dcf6ea62e\"},\"headline\":\"Monday thoughts on the things we carry…\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-24T03:34:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/monday-thoughts-on-the-things-we-carry\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":453,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/monday-thoughts-on-the-things-we-carry\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\\\/images\\\/I\\\/41n6B3xkciL._SL160_AA115_.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kindle\",\"mobile computing\",\"society\"],\"articleSection\":[\"CSA\",\"Entertainment\",\"Hearth and Home\",\"Reading\",\"Science\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/monday-thoughts-on-the-things-we-carry\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/monday-thoughts-on-the-things-we-carry\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/monday-thoughts-on-the-things-we-carry\\\/\",\"name\":\"Monday thoughts on the things we carry... - 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