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<\/p>\nIt used to be, before\u00a0smartphones, that when I made an appointment to be somewhere, I would write it down on a calendar. Before I would leave, I would get a map and look up where I’m suppose to go, taking careful notes on how to get there. I would also write the phone number down just in case.
\nOnce I connected my palmIII to the web via a cell phone, I started to become a bit less careful, knowing that if I did forget, the odds that the address or phone number I needed would be in my email somewhere. This became worse as I connected my\u00a0treo\u00a0to a\u00a0Bluetooth\u00a0GPS\u00a0and thus had access to maps and voice directions.<\/p>\n
Now enter the\u00a0iPhone.<\/p>\n
I was already getting sloppy knowing I had\u00a0online\u00a0access with the\u00a0treo, but the\u00a0iPhone has taken it to a completely new level. I keep the\u00a0iPhone\u00a0connected to the charger on my night stand. So if I cannot sleep, or forgot to do something, I do not have to get up, I just grab the\u00a0iPhone\u00a0and I’m\u00a0online. Have to meet someone somewhere? \u00a0I will wait till I’m out of the house before I bother to look up where I’m going. I assume I have the name of the place in an email or twitter somewhere, type the name of the place in\u00a0google-maps and go from there.\u00a0It’s gotten so bad, that when I wake up, the first thing I do is check email. Why? just because I can. And I end up lazing in bed an extra 15 min. \u00a0Ahh… I do not even bother booting up the computer till I have my coffee now.<\/p>\n
There is a limit though; when I start checking twitter first thing in the morning, then I know I’m over connected.<\/p>\n
What is even more funny is the XKCD’s cartoon for today (or tomorrow) …<\/p>\n
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I already wrote the first draft of this post waiting for a friend at a\u00a0restaurant\u00a0in SF before reading my online comics. \u00a0Timing is a funny thing.<\/p>\n