tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post3518586040040716348..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: TWWElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-78770028989198861332011-02-09T17:32:53.842-05:002011-02-09T17:32:53.842-05:00Thank you, Mich. I enjoyed the HufPo article about...Thank you, Mich. I enjoyed the HufPo article about being mindful while social networking. I've sent it onto Pui Lan, one of my instructors.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-46591194664552834712011-02-09T16:51:10.235-05:002011-02-09T16:51:10.235-05:00http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethan-nichtern/socia...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethan-nichtern/social-networking-mindfulness_b_816411.html <br /><br />Thought you might find this post from Ethan Nichtern interesting and helpful. <br /><br />I really enjoy your blog and have shared items from it many time with my FB friends. <br /><br />--Mich MagnessMich Magnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710476277427452489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-55953576711391237622011-02-08T14:52:57.656-05:002011-02-08T14:52:57.656-05:00As a not entirely unlelated thread, apparently LOT...As a not entirely unlelated thread, apparently LOTS of folks are unaware that cellphones, unlike their corded counterparts, are simplex devices, i.e., one can talk OR listen but not both simultaneously. As a point of etiquette it behooves everyone to speak in short paragraphs and then stop so the other party can get a word in. Guess we're collectively not there yet. Blessings.<br /><br />Francis sirfrATearthlinkETCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-56515175070565029802011-02-08T12:34:46.520-05:002011-02-08T12:34:46.520-05:00Anonymous - Great story about the Thanksgiving coo...Anonymous - Great story about the Thanksgiving cook. I'll bet you have lots more. I'd love to hear them. You should start your own blog! "Tales from an IT" - "Calls from the Cell" or something.<br /><br />It would be wonderful, if you can next time, to leave your name.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-76862685156780021922011-02-08T12:32:56.600-05:002011-02-08T12:32:56.600-05:00Mich - thanks for that thought. It's helpful i...Mich - thanks for that thought. It's helpful in being more compassionateElizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-74503563840625055322011-02-08T12:32:15.347-05:002011-02-08T12:32:15.347-05:00Geeklet - Something strikes me as funny and ironic...Geeklet - Something strikes me as funny and ironic that someone with a nickname of Geeklet should be so unplugged.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-79334661847582402842011-02-08T11:22:56.982-05:002011-02-08T11:22:56.982-05:00Back to an early question in your post: Rudeness?
...Back to an early question in your post: Rudeness?<br /><br />Unequivocally, yes.<br /><br />And if you need to raise your voice to be heard on your mobile phone, take it outside so others in confined spaces do not need to listen to you shouting. It is equivalent to shouting at the person next to you. Do it elsewhere. Alternatively, your sins are retained.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-12487985642751301522011-02-08T08:13:19.565-05:002011-02-08T08:13:19.565-05:00i read you regularly and have commented as well. ...i read you regularly and have commented as well. i happen to work as a technician at a cell phone call center.....i can tell you stories like the Thanksgiving day cook who wanted a replacement for her phone....see it melted in the oven she had set the alarm to let her know when the turkey was done. No Joke. Anyway, i like what you had to say. Cell phones are a tool and there is rarely any tool we need to be attached to like some people are to cellphones, except maybe medical devices like an insulin pump. i like watching people in a resturant with both talking on their phones. Thanks for the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-12999436546392637992011-02-08T00:28:48.336-05:002011-02-08T00:28:48.336-05:00I remember well my disdain for the "electroni...I remember well my disdain for the "electronic leash" I saw others getting involved with. And then my mom had cancer, and my priorities shifted. Suddenly, there was nothing more important than talking to her whenever she felt like talking, and I could always excuse myself from any situation when she called. Years later (and years after) I try to remember that year when the sound of mom's voice was more important than anything else I had going at the moment. I try to imagine that the person having the mostly inane-sounding conversation with the air might just be talking to the most fragile and limited relationship he or she has. For that moment, it all makes sense.Mich Magnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710476277427452489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-91235201655747615222011-02-07T17:28:05.772-05:002011-02-07T17:28:05.772-05:00Giggle!
I have always been notorious for leaving ...Giggle!<br /><br />I have always been notorious for leaving my phone places. By which I mean, in my room. <br /><br />When I was at college (aaah, why did I ever graduate, again?) it would live in my room. My friends would be be irritated, "Geeklet! Didn't you get my message? You were supposed to eat lunch with me!!!" or concerned, "Geeklet, I haven't seen you in HOURS! ARE YOU OKAY?"<br /><br />Why, I'm sorry - my phone was in my dorm room. Didn't want it going off during class, you know?<br /><br />One friend calls it my land-line. :)Geeklethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01102751008887092513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-4161878869677899582011-02-07T16:06:38.079-05:002011-02-07T16:06:38.079-05:00Renzmqt - Surely the phrase 'strange new world...Renzmqt - Surely the phrase 'strange new world' was created for this time.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-72782520646093693092011-02-07T16:05:55.479-05:002011-02-07T16:05:55.479-05:00SCG - When it gets hard to distinguish the inmates...SCG - When it gets hard to distinguish the inmates from the wardens, it's time to get worried.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-6743971972363453232011-02-07T15:24:55.340-05:002011-02-07T15:24:55.340-05:00Was going to share my personal fav, the hand holdi...Was going to share my personal fav, the hand holding couple, only to read further and chuckle when you listed it. It truly is a strange world we live in.RENZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981050766307343246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-15891013469430276762011-02-07T14:29:20.598-05:002011-02-07T14:29:20.598-05:00Ha! Very enjoyable. I remember the first time I e...Ha! Very enjoyable. I remember the first time I encountered a person with a "hands-free" device. I thought she had a mental illness because she was talking out loud while crossing the street to the state Capitol. Having spent much time in that building, I could see where someone might be driven to be mentally disturbed. Later, I realized she had an earbud and was <i>on the phone</i> and was not suffering from schizophrenia.SCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.com