Monday
to Friday I carry 2 phones around with me which are for personal & work and
on the weekends it’s just the one while occasionally checking the work one. I
use my smart phones for everything and can confess would be a little lost &
slow without them. I would be like a computer without a USB port – still able
to function but performing functions would take a little longer and less
instant than usual..
I
do feel however that I’ve become more impatient with my mobile devices, or it may just be that I am in the 3rd trimester of
pregnancy & highly irritable..
Being
surrounded by my selection of mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets, laptops &
the likes has trained & allowed me to be able to have instant information
and instant communication, but what good is it doing me & is it affecting
my role at work?
This
link from the editor in chief and president of the Huffington Post, Arianna
Huffington took me by surprise, as she urges us to disconnect to enable us to tap
into our creativeness to become more innovative at work.
Huh?.. but I thought using all my mobile
devices with their creative apps and research functions were going to help me
to become more creative, innovative and improve my communication as they claim
to do ?
Well no doubt in some cases I most definitely think they do, without my smart phone note pad app I would still be writing reminder messages on my hand and my
arm would be covered in words like bread, tomato, toilet paper... in saying
that I cant remember the last time I wrote a shopping list on paper using a pen.
But
does having all this instant information at our fingertips as I mentioned previously do us any good?
Hans
Geser seems to think otherwise as he states “Given the constant availability of
external communication partners (as sources of opinion and advice) individuals
may easily unlearn the ability to rely on their own judgment, memory and
reflection”
Perhaps
this is where our own ability to think creatively is being lost?! With the constant 24/7 switch on are we
pushing aside our own thoughts, ideas and gut feelings ?
Hmm
Huffington may be onto something here..
This
left me pondering about where the future of mobile devices will be in 10 years
time, and as I ironically reached for one of my many mobile devices to help me
answer my own conundrum I smiled and found this you tube video showing where
they will be in year 2020.
Until
next time, logging off..
Daniela
References & Further Reading
References & Further Reading
- Geser, H 2006, 'Is the Cell Phone Undermining the Social Order?: Understanding Mobile Technology from a Sociological Perspective', Knowledge, Technology & Policy, 19, 1, p. 8, MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost, viewed 6 December 2013.
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/break-247-cycle-and-switch-off-says-arianna-huffington/story-e6frg996-1226632312481
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FScddkTMlTc
- Image – Cathy Thorne www.everydaypeoplecartoons.com
Well written Daniela. I wonder if using a 'creative' app on a phone or tablet is the same as being creative with, say, paint or clay or wool..things you can really touch and feel. Does it have the same affect on our brain?
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