http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/01/technology-is-bad/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/01/technology-is-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-38927 giles slade Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:49:34 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/01/002087/#comment-38927 I promise, no 'anti-tech, hippie talk" here. /But please do read the review of my book by James Glave before you make up your mind... The point is really that we produce hundreds of millions of electronic devices --the third billionth cell phone will roll of the assembly line next year-- and so we have to be careful about how we dispose of them because they're full of poisons. This goes for Blackberries too. Incidentally, I hear next year's model will rely on voice commands so that you can multi-task as you drive to and from work. It sounds like Partial Attention Syndrome to me but, I suppose, it's safer than reading and messaging in traffic. I promise, no ‘anti-tech, hippie talk” here. /But please do read the review of my book by James Glave before you make up your mind… The point is really that we produce hundreds of millions of electronic devices –the third billionth cell phone will roll of the assembly line next year– and so we have to be careful about how we dispose of them because they’re full of poisons. This goes for Blackberries too. Incidentally, I hear next year’s model will rely on voice commands so that you can multi-task as you drive to and from work. It sounds like Partial Attention Syndrome to me but, I suppose, it’s safer than reading and messaging in traffic.

]]> http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/01/technology-is-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-483204 giles slade Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:49:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/01/002087/#comment-483204 I promise, no 'anti-tech, hippie talk" here. /But please do read the review of my book by James Glave before you make up your mind... The point is really that we produce hundreds of millions of electronic devices --the third billionth cell phone will roll of the assembly line next year-- and so we have to be careful about how we dispose of them because they're full of poisons. This goes for Blackberries too. Incidentally, I hear next year's model will rely on voice commands so that you can multi-task as you drive to and from work. It sounds like Partial Attention Syndrome to me but, I suppose, it's safer than reading and messaging in traffic. I promise, no ‘anti-tech, hippie talk” here. /But please do read the review of my book by James Glave before you make up your mind… The point is really that we produce hundreds of millions of electronic devices –the third billionth cell phone will roll of the assembly line next year– and so we have to be careful about how we dispose of them because they’re full of poisons. This goes for Blackberries too. Incidentally, I hear next year’s model will rely on voice commands so that you can multi-task as you drive to and from work. It sounds like Partial Attention Syndrome to me but, I suppose, it’s safer than reading and messaging in traffic.

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