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










