I just texted to say "I love you"
Heh. In a Wired News story today, there's a piece about the culture of kids and mobile phones. Dig this incident between a mother and her daughter:
Dr. Cathryn Tobin of Toronto, Canada, said her three children -- ages 10, 12 and 14 -- all have cell phones because "it gives me a great deal of peace of mind to be able to reach them."
She added that her youngest daughter, Madison, happens to be the most responsible with the phone. Madison always takes it with her and is constantly recharging it.
She is also quite savvy with it: One day Madison had a tiff with her mother. As she sulked in the back seat of the car, she punched a message on her phone. Some seconds later, her mom's phone -- in the front seat of the car -- beeped and Tobin received this text message: "I'm sorry, mom."
It makes me think of some of the covert ways I myself have used texting to communicate. Once, in a bar, I was sitting next to a friend, and we were talking to a couple we know. At one point, I wanted to say something privately to my friend -- but figured whispering in his ear would look a little rude. So I just wrote a short message to him (using T9, I can touch-type on my phone without looking at it, holding it under the table) and sent it to him. His phone buzzed, he looked at the screen, and got the message quietly and privately.
But also, this piece makes me think ... jesus, is it really such a great idea to hand radiation-emitting devices to young kids with growing brains? Granted, there's no scientific proof that they cause any genetic damage or whatnot. But that's partly because the phone companies frantically quash anything that comes up, and actively campaign to discredit any studies that unearth troubling findings. Earlier this year, I profiled Louis Slesin, the editor of The Microwave News, for Shift magazine -- the article is here. Give it a read; Slesin is a smart guy with a scientific pedigree who's been following the wireless industry for years ... and he's scared shitless.
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Clive,
My wife and I text each other a number of times during the day. We use the technology as a sort of 'telepathy' for sending each other reminders, questions and the little triumphs that you like to share during the day. When we travel to a city that doesn't support texting it is like a communication channel that my wife and I both rely on is cut off.
As for kids and cell phones - you're right. We should be worried. My son see's his parents on our cells so frequently that he started picking up soap bars like ther were phones. I mimiced talking on the phone with a banana and he told me "too big daddy." (he's two). It will be difficult to put a phone in his hands until there's better data about radiation.
CHris
Posted by: CHris at December 11, 2002 1:31 AM
Yes, that "telepathy" thing is something I do with my girlfriend also. We're frequently in two different cities -- New York and Boston -- so it's this strange way to keep these little contacts going during the days, or when you're stuck in a meeting (or in my case here at MIT, a seminar). It's like "pinging" -- not so much to say anything heavy, but just to let the other person know hey, I'm here.
To use a slightly-kooky-yet-appropriate analogy, it's like the pheremones that ants and other social insects use to keep in contact -- which is part of why texting is creating "Smart Mobs", to use Howard Rheingold's totally brilliant phrase (from a totally brilliant book!)
That's really interesting news about how your son sees mobile phones! That "too big" comment -- wow!
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It makes me think of some of the covert ways I myself have used texting to communicate
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Clive,
My wife and I text each other a number of times during the day. We use the technology as a sort of 'telepathy' for sending each other reminders, questions and the little triumphs that you like to share during the day. When we travel to a city that doesn't support texting it is like a communication channel that my wife and I both rely on is cut off.
As for kids and cell phones - you're right. We should be worried. My son see's his parents on our cells so frequently that he started picking up soap bars like ther were phones. I mimiced talking on the phone with a banana and he told me "too big daddy." (he's two). It will be difficult to put a phone in his hands until there's better data about radiation.
CHris
Posted by: CHris at December 11, 2002 1:31 AM
Yes, that "telepathy" thing is something I do with my girlfriend also. We're frequently in two different cities -- New York and Boston -- so it's this strange way to keep these little contacts going during the days, or when you're stuck in a meeting (or in my case here at MIT, a seminar). It's like "pinging" -- not so much to say anything heavy, but just to let the other person know hey, I'm here.
To use a slightly-kooky-yet-appropriate analogy, it's like the pheremones that ants and other social insects use to keep in contact -- which is part of why texting is creating "Smart Mobs", to use Howard Rheingold's totally brilliant phrase (from a totally brilliant book!)
That's really interesting news about how your son sees mobile phones! That "too big" comment -- wow!
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It makes me think of some of the covert ways I myself have used texting to communicate
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