As a woman, I reserve the right to change my mind. And then change it back again, if I want. I make it no secret that I am uncomfortable with new technology. Last year when I had to replace my cell phone, I felt like a cave person in the Verizon store. The sales guy there could not understand why I didn’t want a camera, or internet access, or gaming technology, or any of a number of other available add-ons for my cell phone. I tried to explain to him that I would actually prefer to have an old-fashioned rotary phone with a really long cord, but he didn’t get that at all. Now that I’m not married to a job I despise, I don’t want to be contacted wherever I am, while doing whatever I’m doing. I don’t feel the need to update people as to my whereabouts every few minutes. But since I may have this cell phone as long as I did my last one, I conceded to get one with a QWERTY keyboard in case I decide to break down and reply to texts some day.
I am almost Uni-bomber-esque in my dislike of technology, except I don’t live in a cabin in the woods or, you know, kill people. Also, my manifestos tend to be more shallow in nature. But enough of that, because I am taking a break. You heard me. I am so sick of people telling me to just try these new-fangled techie things that I am going to try and make a go of it, if for no other reason than to prove that I knew I was right all along and my life is better served without all of these distractions.
So I am now on Twitter and Ning, although I have no idea what to do with either of them. It feels a lot like eavesdropping on other people’s conversations, and I don’t really have anything to add. Also, nobody is saying anything very interesting. But maybe that’s because I am a little spoiled, what with being used to hearing only my own riveting thoughts on a typical day. I’ll keep you posted.
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I am with you on this…what is NING???
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I’ll let you know when I figure it out. It’s a social networking site based on topic. So I can join a group of writers, or florists, or professors, etc. I am looking into joining an online gang.
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