[LINK] USDAFoodSafety is using Twitter.

[Rick Welykochy]

grove at zeta.org.au wrote:

> Yes, it is a rhetorical device I use. 
> I am actually a heavy technology user but not of mobile technologies.

Join the club :)

> Twitter is something used mostly on a mobile phone or PDA, so that 
> is why I do not know much about it, as I tend to avoid 
> portable devices where I can.   I decided about 10 years ago 
> that adopting mobile platforms was not for me and I limit 
> the usage whereever I can.

Yup. I made a similar decision years ago, back in the 20th century.

One reason was not wishing to be beholden to a growing array of
devices that want my constant attention. Email still seems the
tried and true. Store, forward and don't bother me.

But I was also witness to any number of people forgetting the PDA
here, destroying a mobile phone accidentally there. I watched one
fellow come into a meeting festooned with phone + PDA + wallet. He
left the meeting and two of the three items behind. I had to laugh.

Not to mention the ecological impact of all of these devices. And
now I read that the phone industry is creating a new kind of
impact: since they are moving to a standardised industry-wide battery
charger and connector, literally hundreds of millions of existing
chargers will wind up in the tip.


cheers
rickw




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