Wednesday, December 3, 2008
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
cell phone etiquette
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/technology/communications/cell-phone-etiquette-10-dos-and-donts.aspx#Cellphoneetiquettedosanddonts
-not sure if you guys read it, but there's something on cell phone etiquette ;)
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
More facts
Etiquette
82% of all Americans and 86% of cell users report being irritated at least occasionally by loud and annoying cell users.
Safety
28% of cell users admit they sometimes do not drive as safely as they should while using their mobile devices
Driving while using a mobile device is more impairing than driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 (the legal limit in WA and many states)
81% of cell users have admitted to talking on a cell phone while driving
Immediacy (all stats as of April 2006)
23% of Americans who currently (as of 2006) have landlines say they are very likely or somewhat likely to convert to being cell only
245 report they often feel like they have to answer their cell phones even when it interrupts a meal or meeting
81% of cell only users always have their phone on.
20% of cell users report receiving text SPAM
Education
85% of teens engage in electronic communication
60% don't view EC as 'writing'
50% of teens say they use informal writing styles in school assignments
38% of teens have used text shortcuts in school work
25% of teens have used emoticons in school work
Need (business)
93% of working Americans own a cell phone (compared with 78% of all American adults)
85% of working Americans own a desktop computer (compared with 65% of all American adults)
61% of working Americans own a laptop (compared with 39% of all American adults)
27% of working Americans own a PDA (compared with 13% of all American adults)
96% of working Americans use new communication technologies
73% of working Americans use all three basic new communication technologies: internet, cell phone, email account
49% of working Americans say information and communication technology (ICTs) increase demands that they work more hours
49% of working Americans say ICTs increase the level of stress in their jobs
49% of working Americans say ICTs make it harder for them to disconnect from their work when they are at home and on weekends
82% of all Americans and 86% of cell users report being irritated at least occasionally by loud and annoying cell users.
Safety
28% of cell users admit they sometimes do not drive as safely as they should while using their mobile devices
Driving while using a mobile device is more impairing than driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 (the legal limit in WA and many states)
81% of cell users have admitted to talking on a cell phone while driving
Immediacy (all stats as of April 2006)
23% of Americans who currently (as of 2006) have landlines say they are very likely or somewhat likely to convert to being cell only
245 report they often feel like they have to answer their cell phones even when it interrupts a meal or meeting
81% of cell only users always have their phone on.
20% of cell users report receiving text SPAM
Education
85% of teens engage in electronic communication
60% don't view EC as 'writing'
50% of teens say they use informal writing styles in school assignments
38% of teens have used text shortcuts in school work
25% of teens have used emoticons in school work
Need (business)
93% of working Americans own a cell phone (compared with 78% of all American adults)
85% of working Americans own a desktop computer (compared with 65% of all American adults)
61% of working Americans own a laptop (compared with 39% of all American adults)
27% of working Americans own a PDA (compared with 13% of all American adults)
96% of working Americans use new communication technologies
73% of working Americans use all three basic new communication technologies: internet, cell phone, email account
49% of working Americans say information and communication technology (ICTs) increase demands that they work more hours
49% of working Americans say ICTs increase the level of stress in their jobs
49% of working Americans say ICTs make it harder for them to disconnect from their work when they are at home and on weekends
Communication Technology Information Topics
Immediacy and constancy of cell phones and other communication technologies. The fact that we are always plugged in all the time.
Deficiency of the medium of electronic communication; that it is not a replacement for human interaction.
Education and how electronic communication is affecting how we learn.
Etiquette
Need - conformity, peer pressure, business requirements
Safety
Deficiency of the medium of electronic communication; that it is not a replacement for human interaction.
Education and how electronic communication is affecting how we learn.
Etiquette
Need - conformity, peer pressure, business requirements
Safety
more info
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/11/the-definitive-guide-to-cell-phone-no-nos310.html
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/10/how-cell-phones-are-killing-face-to-face-interactions295.html
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/10/how-cell-phones-are-killing-face-to-face-interactions295.html
More sites
http://www.hfes.org/Web/Pubpages/celldrunk.pdf
-study comparing cell phone drivers and drunk drivers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-traincrash18-2008sep18,0,6806620.story
-the engineer that sent text messages before the fatal crash
http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cellphones/
-overview of cell phones and driving
-study comparing cell phone drivers and drunk drivers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-traincrash18-2008sep18,0,6806620.story
-the engineer that sent text messages before the fatal crash
http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cellphones/
-overview of cell phones and driving
each day cellular telephone calls while driving account for 1729 collisions...
http://www.transalt.org/newsroom/releases/1706
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Fakebook Generation
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/06/opinion/06mathias.html?_r=1&emc=eta1&oref=slogin
This is perfect. You have to read this article. . . It's just perfect!
This is perfect. You have to read this article. . . It's just perfect!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Idea Notes: Direct Transcription
Tin can to cell phone, lines leading to other information centers.
Where we were to where we are now.
Electronic Communication is changing society
by:
being more plugged in more often,
affecting relationships and the way we communicate
blurring the boundaries (public/private, work/home)
safety issues - positives (use in emergencies) and negatives (car crashes)
degrading language
Surgeon General's Warning for cell phone use
Cell phone only room
Ad languages - ie: guaranteed to increase your work week!
Roads, or pathways. cell phone obstacles in the road, but free and clear in the HOV (or cell phone free) lane
Uses are links in a chain, they drag you down the more you gather.
Electronic communication tug of war
Communication = maze
Smash your phone, throw your phone away
Uncomfortable situations; man talking on the phone while in the bathroom.
Replace faces with emoticons
Speech bubbles with only emoticons
"Face of Society"
"This is the face of your friend"
Relate emoticons to statistics
Reverse cutouts - instead of the head missing, it is just the the emoticon in place of the head and the body isn't there.
Electronic communication land
Armies of emoticons
Emoticon pets
Vocabulary of text based interaction. Using "send," "delete," "ignore" and "send to all" in regular conversation.
Emoticons as a metaphor that illustrates the logical extremes of current behavior.
Emoticons replacing emotion expression (emoticon head)
Show people interacting, but using electronic means - text a greeting or show the screen with a text greeting.
Expressionless verbalization of text message "actions." Saying "freaking out" with a straight face as an example of the deficiency of textual communication.
Or - take the person out and have the cell phone talking to you.
Here's your sign; Here's your emoticon
Mockery of communication - take to the logical extreme.
Possible take-aways:
masks of emoticons
brochures that help you make your own mask
survey and stamp your response
Where we were to where we are now.
Electronic Communication is changing society
by:
being more plugged in more often,
affecting relationships and the way we communicate
blurring the boundaries (public/private, work/home)
safety issues - positives (use in emergencies) and negatives (car crashes)
degrading language
Surgeon General's Warning for cell phone use
Cell phone only room
Ad languages - ie: guaranteed to increase your work week!
Roads, or pathways. cell phone obstacles in the road, but free and clear in the HOV (or cell phone free) lane
Uses are links in a chain, they drag you down the more you gather.
Electronic communication tug of war
Communication = maze
Smash your phone, throw your phone away
Uncomfortable situations; man talking on the phone while in the bathroom.
Replace faces with emoticons
Speech bubbles with only emoticons
"Face of Society"
"This is the face of your friend"
Relate emoticons to statistics
Reverse cutouts - instead of the head missing, it is just the the emoticon in place of the head and the body isn't there.
Electronic communication land
Armies of emoticons
Emoticon pets
Vocabulary of text based interaction. Using "send," "delete," "ignore" and "send to all" in regular conversation.
Emoticons as a metaphor that illustrates the logical extremes of current behavior.
Emoticons replacing emotion expression (emoticon head)
Show people interacting, but using electronic means - text a greeting or show the screen with a text greeting.
Expressionless verbalization of text message "actions." Saying "freaking out" with a straight face as an example of the deficiency of textual communication.
Or - take the person out and have the cell phone talking to you.
Here's your sign; Here's your emoticon
Mockery of communication - take to the logical extreme.
Possible take-aways:
masks of emoticons
brochures that help you make your own mask
survey and stamp your response
Cell Phone Statistics
86% of adult Americans had a cell phone in 2006
2.4 Billion cell phones world wide in 2005
1991: 7.6 million American cell phone users
2001: 120 million American cell phone users
2006: 203 million American cell phone users
At any given time, 3% of drivers are using their hand held cell phone.
Any cell phone use while driving increases the risk of injury crash fourfold
139,000 emergency calls a day
37% of teens say they wouldn't be able to live without their cell phone
The cell phone is the most hated device on earth that we can't do without. 2004
Acceptability of cell phone use in public areas:
Bathroom 38%
Theater (cinema) 2%
Car 63%
Supermarket 66%
Public Transportation 45%
Restaurants 21%
15% of Americans admit to having interrupt sex for a phone call
The average American spends 13 hours a month on their phone
The average American aged 18-24 spends 22 hours a month on their phone
75% of American cell phone users have their phone on and within reach during all waking hours.
59% of American cell phone users would not consider lending their phone to a friend
26% of American cell phone users consider it more important to return home for a cell phone than for a wallet
38% of cell phone users world wide no longer have a land line.
87% of Americans said the bad behavior they observed the most was people making annoying phone calls in public.
2.4 Billion cell phones world wide in 2005
1991: 7.6 million American cell phone users
2001: 120 million American cell phone users
2006: 203 million American cell phone users
At any given time, 3% of drivers are using their hand held cell phone.
Any cell phone use while driving increases the risk of injury crash fourfold
139,000 emergency calls a day
37% of teens say they wouldn't be able to live without their cell phone
The cell phone is the most hated device on earth that we can't do without. 2004
Acceptability of cell phone use in public areas:
Bathroom 38%
Theater (cinema) 2%
Car 63%
Supermarket 66%
Public Transportation 45%
Restaurants 21%
15% of Americans admit to having interrupt sex for a phone call
The average American spends 13 hours a month on their phone
The average American aged 18-24 spends 22 hours a month on their phone
75% of American cell phone users have their phone on and within reach during all waking hours.
59% of American cell phone users would not consider lending their phone to a friend
26% of American cell phone users consider it more important to return home for a cell phone than for a wallet
38% of cell phone users world wide no longer have a land line.
87% of Americans said the bad behavior they observed the most was people making annoying phone calls in public.
http://students.washington.edu/almonk2/Untitled-1.html
I found a bunch more Pew Internet Poll Reports on internet, cell phones, and social media.
I found a bunch more Pew Internet Poll Reports on internet, cell phones, and social media.
No Cell Phone Day (link to movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFOWaLygxKk
And here is a link to one about an artist's installation asking people to give up their phone for a day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1kOSyFLfM&feature=related
And here is a link to one about an artist's installation asking people to give up their phone for a day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1kOSyFLfM&feature=related
5 Valid Reasons to Stop Using a Cell Phone
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2008/11/04/5-valid-reasons-to-stop-using-cell-phones.aspx
Read through the string of comments as well.
Read through the string of comments as well.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Notification of layoffs through Blogs!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/technology/start-ups/05blog.html
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The Problem
Mobile interactions should not take the place of "face to Face" conversation.(This photo is a protected by copyright - we purchased the rights for display here only)
Video Link
This is a link to a Video about technology taking over our world.
http://www.hakiri.org/blog/when-technology-takes-over-our-lives/
http://www.hakiri.org/blog/when-technology-takes-over-our-lives/
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