tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post1733562039928564498..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Slipping the electronic leashZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-70640807972276668412007-08-07T21:07:00.000-07:002007-08-07T21:07:00.000-07:00My advisor's a holdout. As for myself, I just pic...My advisor's a holdout. As for myself, I just picked up <A HREF="http://unapologetic.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/iphone/" REL="nofollow">iPhone</A> (which takes no article, judging from the documentation) to go with my new New Orleans number.<BR/><BR/>I actually have a pedagogical plan for it. Day 1: "I have [withdraw iPhone from pocket to display] one of these. I can receive, and even respond to, emails about class at any time, so you don't have to wait for an office hour. But the <I>coolest</I> thing is that it has this little switch [indicate 'silent' switch] that lets me turn off the ringer. Your phones probably have one too. Please use it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-9983818485077220162007-08-07T06:25:00.000-07:002007-08-07T06:25:00.000-07:00I was a cell phone holdout too. The tipping point ...I was a cell phone holdout too. The tipping point for me though, was the year the rail lines north of New Haven, CT were electrified. Up until then, I'd been able to count on being able to call my parents from the platform while the locomotive was changed from electric to diesel. Now, the train doesn't stay in the station long enough for me to get to the pay phone reliably.<BR/><BR/>See, I take the train from Philly to New England (at the time Providence, RI; now Boston) at least once/year. I'd call from New Haven to give my family some idea of how close to schedule I was. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the cell phone is too useful for me to treat it like you do.Rhoadanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375561352677522227noreply@blogger.com