Darryl Collins
darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Tue Jun 12 19:15:07 CDT 2012
Heh... Well I am getting old too Rocky, but more and more I am opting out of this nonsense, rather than in. I don't have facebook, I don't have any need or desire for it right now, although I dread the day that I may need it to stay in touch. I don't use twitter, although I can see some use for it, there is too much blabber and not enough good stuff. I restrict more and more what I put online and lock down the privacy settings as tight as I can on the services I do use. I am very happy to go for a walk with my kids and turn the phone off so I can focus on them. Sometimes I even leave it behind (the horror, the horror). I still have a Nokia 6600 phone - sure it is nearly 9 years old now, but it still works great and the battery last 5 days or so. I am amazed at how many useless apps there are out there (sure there are some killer ones too) but honestly, most of them are rubbish. The major killer for me for this 'social' nonsense is the noise to signal ratio is huge. Sure there are some wonderful things I am missing out on, but it is drowned out in an endless stream of crap. A bit like looking for a diamond in a sewer. So many people I see today seem to be crippled by these devices, rather than enhanced. It makes me laugh when I see a group of folks having drinks/dinner whatever at a bar and they are all stuffing around on their phones more than talking to each other. Honestly WTF is that about? As you say, it is probably as I am getting older... Cheers Darryl. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sent: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 11:02 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Whilst on Windows 8 "keeping up with people and their pictures and their thoughts, and communicating with them in short, frequent bursts. Life online is moving faster and faster, and people are progressively using their PCs to keep up with and participate in that." a good reason too get offline and start talking to real people. Don't you see where this is leading? Isolation with the illusion of human interaction. isn't anyone else getting fed up with how much time one feels COMPELLED to be on line just to be part of this modern culture? Best geek t-shirt: "I went outside once but the graphics were terrible." Shoot you cell phone. Unplug your Cat-5. Feel the sun on your face. Actually have coffee with someone instead of both drinking it while on line. Or is it because I'm old? Rocky -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AccessD] Whilst on Windows 8 From: Darryl Collins <darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au> Date: Mon, June 11, 2012 5:19 pm To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving (accessd at databaseadvisors.com)" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Hi folks, I found these on the weekend and had a read. It is rather long, but I found it was well worth a read - however you will need more than a spare 5 minutes though. <http://www.mobileopportunity.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/fear-and-loathing-and-windows-8.html> The following quote (taken from the link above) really raises my concerns and fears about this whole iPad tablet craze.. "People, not files, are the center of activity. There has been a marked change in the kinds of activities people spend time doing on the PC. In balance to "traditional" PC activities such as writing and creating, people are increasingly reading and socializing, keeping up with people and their pictures and their thoughts, and communicating with them in short, frequent bursts. Life online is moving faster and faster, and people are progressively using their PCs to keep up with and participate in that. And much of this activity and excitement is happening inside the web browser, in experiences built using HTML and other web technologies." Let me <<the author, not Darryl>> translate that for you: "We're optimizing Windows for using Facebook and YouTube at the expense of performing productivity tasks." Yeah, that maybe great for web surfing and Joe and Joette Bogan on the daily train commute, but if you actually want to do the sort of productive work that we (and most of the corporate world does) then I think MS are out of their heads. They seem to be so desperate and focussed on getting a foothold in Mobile (and tablet) that they are risking killing the golden goose (namely the whole corporate productivity 'Office' market). File management, or the lack of it, also freaks me out. Actually after reading the way the iPad handles file management (which to me seems highly inefficient) it has really put me off the idea of one for anything but media consumption. W8 doesn't seem to be much better, but I guess it is early days still. <http://windowssecrets.com/newsletter/how-to-transfer-files-from-windows-to-the-ipad/?u=darklydrawl@yahoo.com.au&r=16913-15810> Anyway... I found both of these interesting. You may find some value too. Cheers Darryl -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com