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Turning Off: Drawing Boundaries In An “Always On” Culture

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10 min., 32 sec. In our digital age, there is unprecedented expectation and pressure to be always “on.” Armed with smartphones, we’re expected to be available for text messages and emails at any time – even calls, if you’re part of the dwindling population that still uses the phone… as a phone. When I got my first iPhone years ago, I went through the expected honeymoon period with it. I loved all of this handheld accessibility. I still do; I’d … Continue reading

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Smartphone Courtesy

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I don’t agree with the method of the guy in Philadelphia who shot a man during “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” on Christmas 2008 because he wouldn’t shut up, but I definitely see his point, which is: Turn off the gadgets, shut the f@# up, or stay home. Continue reading

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