Darn you, new fangled technology

[Pumpkin]

What is some "new" (relatively speaking) technology that you can see the benefits of, but you refuse to use?

I can see the benefits of those book reader things, where if you travel you have a bunch of books in that one slim machine instead of stuffing your bag with heavy books, and also it provides a light for reading at night.

BUT I just like books themselves. The smell, feeling the pages as I turn them, not having a battery life on them. I'll probably only ever witch over if they stop making regular books.

[Shorty]

iPads. Why. They'e just giant phones.

[Psychotic]

smurf you smart phones, Facebook, and the wheel.

[Denmark]

iPads. Why. They'e just giant phones.

that can't make phone calls (easily; i'm sure there's an app for that, e.g. skype)

and then there are iPad minis which are even closer to phones

yeah, for me, basically any Apple product. i had an iPod, and it was okay, but it broke and I got used to using CDs again and I like them. I'll probably use my phone to play music once I get that smartphone whenever that happens.

tumblr is just twitter with gifs (reblogging = retweeting) or a blog if you decide to actually create content. instagram is just another image hosting site (and it's funny that it's popular with hipsters since it's now owned by facebook). #hashtagging #every #word #is #completely #stupid #and #useless

[Flaming Ice]

What is some "new" (relatively speaking) technology that you can see the benefits of, but you refuse to use?

I can see the benefits of those book reader things, where if you travel you have a bunch of books in that one slim machine instead of stuffing your bag with heavy books, and also it provides a light for reading at night.

BUT I just like books themselves. The smell, feeling the pages as I turn them, not having a battery life on them. I'll probably only ever witch over if they stop making regular books.

Books are easier on the eyes too.



Only thing is if you get a fire you have lots of flammable materials

[Shorty]

#hashtagging #every #word #is #completely #stupid #and #useless

isn't that the entire point of twitter

[Shauna]

Books are easier on the eyes too.

Kindles are surprisingly easy on the eyes, it's like actually reading from paper, I find. It's not like reading from a computer screen at all.

[Denmark]

#hashtagging #every #word #is #completely #stupid #and #useless

isn't that the entire point of twitter

https://twitter.com/rtryson

find a tweet with a hashtag (that's not the one making fun of instagram and tumblr)

hashtags are intended to group tweets about similar topics together so that the term can be searched on. if you hashtag every word you're a smurfing idiot, i.e., why the smurf would i want to search for posts with the word "and" or "is"

[Shorty]

You may be the exception to the rule, but twitter abuses hashtags like they are going out of style, just like tumblr and instagram do.

[Denmark]

You may be the exception to the rule, but twitter abuses hashtags like they are going out of style, just like tumblr and instagram do.

no, that's 14-year-olds.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Books are easier on the eyes too.

Kindles are surprisingly easy on the eyes, it's like actually reading from paper, I find. It's not like reading from a computer screen at all.

True, it is said from all E-ink devices. They are not LCD and are not hard on your eyes at all and there is no difference than reading a book (not to confused with e-reading apps on tablets that use a LCD screen). I still have a solid collection of books and epubs, sometimes of the same novel.

I love technology, to a point, so this thread doesn't really apply to me...

[Jinx]

I hate iPhones, but I don't see any benefit of using one, so I guess that doesn't apply to this thread.

[Pike]

What is some "new" (relatively speaking) technology that you can see the benefits of, but you refuse to use?

Can't think of any. Technology is great and if there are benefits to it (there usually are) then I'm all for it.

[Rantz]

What is some "new" (relatively speaking) technology that you can see the benefits of, but you refuse to use?

Can't think of any. Technology is great and if there are benefits to it (there usually are) then I'm all for it.

Yeah, this.

Except for computers. Who needs 'em.

[Raistlin]

Twitter
Tumblr
Tablets (though I imagine I'll give in on this at some point)
Various other things that start with "T." smurf teaspoons and Turing machines.\

EDIT: Also, as an avid book reader, I felt the same way about e-readers like the Nook and Kindle. But they really are just as easy to read as books, and far more convenient.