FMAWG

I admit, this is an older intended blog entry that I just found...and not two entries in less than 1/2 hour ;-)

I have to admit that like many of my species (class male,genus engineer,species geek), I'm a bit gadget oriented. If it has a battery, display and some kind of input device, my pulse quickens and I get twitchy until I get to play with it. It's just the way I'm wired...all part of my charm.

Recently I became the proud owner of a ppc-6700 win mobile 5.0 phone. So much more than a phone. It's the SUV of phones...sure it's not the most compact, nor the easiest on power...but you can do anything with this baby. Slap a plastic toothpick and tweezers onto it and it would be the ultimate swiss army appliance.

I'm blogging on it. Well, to be honest, i'm writing this in ms word to upload later (I'm in one of those most frustrating of places - a spot with no coverage (1xrtt, EVDO or WiFi). I'd call it a wifi cold spot, but for the fact that I'm pretty certain this is one of Dantes levels of hell.

But back to the device. It may well be fundamentally changing my information consumption habits. If DSL moved me to info snacking...this has me info grazing...or cud chewing.  Between this and the myriad of more traditional devices at my disposal, I am seldom in a situation where I can get any information I desire (ironically, now is one of those times).

What were the lyrics to that song we used to sing in french class: Google it (sur la pont d'avignon was the song if you're curious).

Have any email needing attending to: imap/smtp away.

What's the detailed weather forecast?

Shamelessly, at a friend's superbowl party I was able to fake my way through the evening not having watched an entire NFL game in my life.

By reducing the friction to get at information, I do so far more often. Spontaneously. In situations I would never have considered previously. It's not only the frequency. It's the lowered importance level of the information.

The lowered importance of the information. Aye, tha's the rub. Is this garzing increasing or decreasing the value I place on information...that I consume...or that I produce?

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