See the clever play on words there.... no ? well you will.... Microsoft have released their new phone called "Kin" or "Kin One" basically it's a phone designed for people who don't have a life and seem to live their lives in social networking sites... So instead of having their heads buried in a laptop or a PC tied to a desk or Argos computer workstation ......they can walk around and change their status on Farcebook 24/7...
I used to marvel at the developments in the IT industry, you know the really useful things its produced like enormous memory capacities of hard disks and memory modules which allow you to carry around your entire music collection or every single photograph you've ever taken.... Or the development in automotive and engine management computers, squeezing the very last rotation of wheel from the very smallest amount of war juice (petrol/oil)....but where is it all leading ?
It's bad enough that most of this generation thinks they should have everything laid out on a plate for them, and that they only need to work the bare minimum to reap massive rewards.....They are living in cloud cuckoo land because the world hasn't changed that much since I was a teenager, work still needs to be done and "usually" the better or more skilled you are at something means you'll be paid a higher wage....
I really pity this younger generation what with instantaneous communication, and how some people make friends online and break up online without ever meeting !!! what is all that about ? It amazes me how much of a teenagers life seems to revolve around social networking sites... it's almost the POS 51 of puberty.
I fully understand technology more so than most I've been immersed in it since its very early days of bulletin boards and CIX and green screens and when mice were kept in cages not on desks...... I have to admit I'm not particularly happy with where it's going at the moment....
I'll freely admit I have a facebook account... but I can take it or leave it, my life wouldn't be over if facebook ceased trading or any of the other social networking sites.. I think it would leave quite a few strung out social networking junkies though....
I think we've lost something along the way, I can't put my finger on it, it's almost intangible but I'm sure we will be reaping the whirlwind at some point in the future, probably socially inept techno geeks who can't stir their own coffee without looking up an iPhone app to see how it's done.... Where will it all end up.... I wonder..... and will we be better off because of it ?
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