I normally lock my laptop at office after working hours. Sometimes when I have some work or when I hadn’t checked my mails properly in office, I take it home. Yesterday was one of those days.
It was then that I read an article in ‘The Hindu’ (published originally in Guardian Newspapers) about the addiction due to devices like blackberry. It is very well written and clearly highlights the negative impact of technology in our life. Thomas Friedman mentions this as ‘The age of interruption’, be it thru’ mails, cell phone calls or blackberry messages. We are gradually losing our privacy. We are getting addicted to technology and end up screwing our personal lives. The statistics given about Americans are shocking. 83% check mails on vacation, 60% check messages while on bed and worse, 37% reply to messages while driving.
Only after reading this article did I remember certain vows I had taken 3 months back after I left college. I wanted to come home on time, spend enough time with family, improve my reading habits and consequently, my language. I wanted to write more in my weblog. But now I realize how far I have gone away from my vows. I haven’t touched by blog for over 2 weeks now. I don’t even read newspapers regularly, haven’t even seen the cover of the book I bought some 2 months back.
Not all these can be blamed on technology; I have other reasons to get distracted. But I have to admit that after work, I get too tired to be able to concentrate on my other itineraries. Prioritization is the need of the hour.
But I hope I will improve now on… – while I brought the laptop home to read my mails, after reading the article, I ended up writing this blog :)
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5 comments:
At least one good use of technology!!You used ur lapi' to bring continuity to ur blog..it was long due,dude!...Comming to the point,well said...its really a age of inturuptions...but ultimately its up to us to keep ourself not getting caught up in the web of technology which has the power to snatch our privacy by making office life 24*7*365 and otherwise also...
any way dont deprive us mortals from ur writings..;)..and keep writing....
don't blame technology!! u were busy wid oder stf 2 update ur blog or read d newspaper ! :)
@Such: U r rite n I accepted as much.. pls read d penultimate para again.. :P
Well if you get your lappy home for work and end up blogging,...
it isn't bad at all!
Are there any Baristas or Brios in Sri Perambadur to keep u distracted ?
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