tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573616672514052159.post8534631598205491217..comments2023-05-20T03:07:18.367-06:00Comments on GRAND LIFE: BILL GATES-- LISTEN UP!!!Grand Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01237731075374393687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573616672514052159.post-19802291968466480482009-04-07T19:38:00.000-06:002009-04-07T19:38:00.000-06:00I love a good gadget as much as the next person. B...I love a good gadget as much as the next person. But I keep coming back to the basics. Books, radio, conversation, real experiences.<BR/><BR/>Gadgets are okay, until they start interfering with the experience they are meant to enhance. Or those they have nothing to do with.<BR/><BR/>I'll never forget driving across country with my 24-year-old niece. While Monument Valley unfolded before us and the Grand Canyon appeared below us, she never looked up from texting her friends about where she was.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm all for sharing the experience. I looked, smelled, tasted, reveled in our travels. Then blogged later that night.<BR/><BR/>But I had to ask her, on some existential level, if you never actually saw Monument Valley, but only your phone keypad, can you really truly text about it? At the risk of having a crotchety "Kids Today" moment, I guess she wanted the experience to be completely Virtual. I'm told some video games take you through Monument Valley on screen. So maybe she experienced it that way.Lisa Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747346956065222951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573616672514052159.post-12824724752354398772009-04-07T13:51:00.000-06:002009-04-07T13:51:00.000-06:00Nifty post! I remember crank phones. We had one th...Nifty post! I remember crank phones. We had one that looked like a regular desk phone, but it sat on a box with a crank...we were also on a partyline.<BR/><BR/>I do not want a Kindle. I can't imagine it being the same as curling up with a good book!PAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891387278850772808noreply@blogger.com