Mobile Technology – Helping or Hindering?

Does your boss have a BlackBerry?  Do you know of someone that has some sort of wireless device?  Chances are that you are able to answer “Yes” to one of these questions.

Cell phones and laptops have come a long way from the clunky old items back in the 80’s.  If you’re like me, you remember the old brick phones with shoulder straps and laptops that were so heavy, you needed a crane to haul them around.  Of course, times have changed and the nostalgia wears on.

Technology has advanced so much in the past 30 years.  Cell phones have become credit card thin and laptops are slowly getting there.  Take a look at the iPad.  Everything you need in a small paper thin box.  Just make sure not to snap it in half.

Everyone’s using them these days and getting a lot more done in a 24 hour period.  People feel more productive and have a better sense of accomplishment of getting tasks done in such a rapid manner.

There are downfalls to all of this, of course.  There still seems to be a huge debate regarding radiation of prolonged use from any wireless device.  Studies have shown that using a cell phone for more than 30 minutes per day can cause illnesses.

Then you have people running around like lemmings, looking down at their cell phones, sending text messages and e-mails like there’s no tomorrow, not realizing what’s around them, such as nature, other people, a passing car that almost hits them, etc.  They just keep walking and texting, throughout the entire day.  Then they wonder why the whole day just passed by.

There’s a fable about a boy who wanted to see a king.  The king asked the boy to hold a spoonful of oil and to make sure that the oil didn’t drop, but had to walk through the castle and back.

So the boy went through the castle and didn’t drop the oil at all.  The king asked him if he saw the beauty surrounding him while he was walking through the castle and the boy responded, “No!”

The king then asked him to walk around again, this time admiring the environment in the castle.  The boy came back with no oil on his spoon.

This shows that people need to take a break from their wireless devices when they can, otherwise they might end up missing out on the beautiful things in life.

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