Poor folks love their cellphones
Bruce Sterling dropped this lovely tumbrel remark at this year’s SXSW: “Poor folks love their cellphones!”. His speech caused some controversy following a NY Times piece, but the full text of his speech doesn’t seem to be available. The whole speech seems intent to provoke, down to the point where its lack of online availability is part of the staging.
Somewhat related: If It’s Too Social, You’re Too Old:
I recently came to this conclusion: as an interaction designer, if I’m not actively using social networks, then I’m just not doing my job. It’s obvious to say, but social media is the evolving, messy, inexorable and probably bright future of this business. [...] Still, that inevitability hasn’t stopped me from more or less ignoring these networks for too long.
…and on. I pretty much feel exactly the same way as Khoi when it comes to social networks.
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