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Do you own/use a smart phone?
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| i have a smart phone, but only use it for calls |
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| I cannot live without my Iphone and i never put it down |
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BarkellWH
Posts: 3458
Joined: Jul. 12 2009
From: Washington, DC
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 RE: Do you own/use a smart phone? (in reply to ToddK)
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I have never owned a cell phone or a smart phone. I have always managed very well with a land line. If I am not at home, callers can leave a message. I decided when these devices first appeared that I did not want to be "available" instantaneously at all hours for anyone.
When I am on a consulting gig for the State Department at an Embassy overseas or working a military command staff exercise for a Defense Department contractor, I need a cell phone, but it is always provided by the State Department or the DoD contractor. I am very comfortable using it for professional, work-related activity. But I absolutely refuse to allow one to intrude upon my personal life.
But then I am not on Facebook, I don't tweet, and I don't care about Instagram. Call me antedeluvian, but I am perfectly happy without the intrusion of so-called "social media."
Cheers,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
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Date Oct. 8 2014 16:05:43
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Richard Jernigan
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Joined: Jan. 20 2004
From: Austin, Texas USA
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RE: Do you own/use a smart phone? (in reply to ToddK)
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I have an iPhone.
While I lived in the Marshall Islands there was no cellphone service. But because of my job I was always reachable by phone, or by VHF radio when I was out sailing or diving. All I had to do when I was away from home was punch in a code to the nearest phone, then the system knew where to find me. I seldom got called outside working hours, because one of my managers usually was the point man for any hot stuff.
When I came back to the USA on vacation there were fewer and fewer pay phones, so I got a little flip phone with a month by month contract from Cricket. It served me well for a couple of years after I retired and moved to Austin.
When we went to Europe a few years ago I got both an iPhone and an iPad. The iPhone was mainly to have a pocket size GPS capability. We would still be driving around lost in the old part of Siena if it weren't for the iPhone. AT&T really rips you off for overseas roaming. It's best to jailbreak the phone and get a new SIM card when you get to your overseas destination. You can forward your USA number to the overseas one.
The iPad is to replace the laptop I used to lug around. The iPad serves as a big viewing screen for my photo addiction, and as a way to keep up with email, banking, etc. The iPad is also a nice size for looking at maps to plan things out.
The iPhone stays in my pocket now. The iPad often goes with me in the car for GPSing, even around town.
The iPhone gets used for phone calls and text messaging. If i'm with someone, or driving the iPhone gets muted. My old fashioned manners register it as rudeness when someone stops in the middle of a sentence to answer a call or ignores me to respond to a text message. A text message can wait. A caller can leave a voicemail. Even the ringtone is a dangerous distraction when driving.
Actually, I like the text messaging feature on the iPhone. I can send a brief greeting or question to a friend, and they can answer (or not) at their convenience.
I have a landline as part of my internet service. Emergency services can locate a landline more quickly and reliably. I never answer it. I only listen to voicemails on it from someone I know, or have business with. I use the landline if I'm on hold for 30 minutes waiting to talk to the IRS (U.S. tax office) or some other government "service" so as not to run down my iPhone battery. I turn the speaker on at low volume and go about my business until I hear the government or other call holding abuser wake up.
Only my friends or regular business contacts have my cellphone number.
Both phones are on the National Do Not Call Register. This is a facility maintained by the U.S. government. It is against the law to call a number on the Register to solicit business.
Of course, some telemarketers ignore this, hoping to skate by. Very seldom does anyone try it on my cellphone, maybe once in six weeks. If I don't recognize the caller ID, I don't answer. Or if I am in the mood I will ask them for their name, phone number and physical location so I can refer them for prosecution. They don't call again.
So I think you can have a cellphone and still be civilized. But there are plenty of people who use them rudely.
RNJ
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Date Oct. 8 2014 16:06:55
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BarkellWH
Posts: 3458
Joined: Jul. 12 2009
From: Washington, DC
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RE: Do you own/use a smart phone? (in reply to Paul Magnussen)
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I likewise have no interest in Facebook.
As I mentioned in my post above, Paul, I have no interest in Facebook (or any other social media) either. Nevertheless, for years I have played squash with a young woman 30 years my junior. She tried to get me to sign up for a Facebook account, even offering to help me set it up. I finally convinced her I was serious by telling her that I did not want to be on Facebook because I did not want my creditors to be able to locate and contact me. She gave me a half-smile, as if she were unsure whether or not I meant it, but she dropped her attempts at bringing me on board.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
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Date Oct. 8 2014 17:20:13
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Mark2
Posts: 1871
Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco
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RE: Do you own/use a smart phone? (in reply to ToddK)
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I'm on my second I phone. I have tons of music apps-from dr compas to metronomes to an app that plays the chords to jazz standards or any other you program. Also guitar pro, a tuner, a looper, a cool app called scale variator that creates patterns from any scale. That's just music. When my daughter went to China by herself, I installed a gps tracking app so I'd know where she was just in case. For work I have an app that can create, store and read excel and word files, and a nice retail app that calculates markups-that one gets a workout. I have an app that shows current surf reports including live streams of my local beaches, so I know when to play hooky from work to catch waves. The map app gives me directions when I driving, saving me tons of time as I drive a fair amount for my job. I have tons of music on there and I plug it into my car radio -right now VA's Tierra is getting a lot of play. Also amazing slow downer is on my phone, so I practice with my headphones or I phone external speaker a fair amount. I have a mac book hooked up to a pro tools setup, but really the only thing it can do that my phone can't is record or watch shows when hooked up to a tv. Favorite remains dr. compas, which is worth buying an ipod for itself. I crank up the external speaker, pull out the guitar, and have fun.
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Date Oct. 8 2014 17:39:25
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guitarbuddha
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Joined: Jan. 4 2007
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RE: Do you own/use a smart phone? (in reply to Mark2)
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ORIGINAL: Mark2
I'm on my second I phone. I have tons of music apps-from dr compas to metronomes to an app that plays the chords to jazz standards or any other you program. Also guitar pro, a tuner, a looper, a cool app called scale variator that creates patterns from any scale. That's just music. When my daughter went to China by herself, I installed a gps tracking app so I'd know where she was just in case. For work I have an app that can create, store and read excel and word files, and a nice retail app that calculates markups-that one gets a workout. I have an app that shows current surf reports including live streams of my local beaches, so I know when to play hooky from work to catch waves. The map app gives me directions when I driving, saving me tons of time as I drive a fair amount for my job. I have tons of music on there and I plug it into my car radio -right now VA's Tierra is getting a lot of play. Also amazing slow downer is on my phone, so I practice with my headphones or I phone external speaker a fair amount. I have a mac book hooked up to a pro tools setup, but really the only thing it can do that my phone can't is record or watch shows when hooked up to a tv. Favorite remains dr. compas, which is worth buying an ipod for itself. I crank up the external speaker, pull out the guitar, and have fun.
Hi Mark it is refreshing to hear from an honest man prepared to admit to enjoying his new toys. I guess I am prone to judging this new technology by my own failure to enjoy it.
But predictably i will insist on a discordant note.
I was hunting for a quote online and, as is so often the case, I couldn't find it but I did find this from John Adams.
'Still, he writes, “I made more progress in my command of harmonic practice by reproducing these pop songs [by the Doors, the Beach Boys, and others] from memory at the piano than I ever did by my forced marches through the figured bass treatises.” Later he makes the same point about working through Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and John Coltrane. '
And although I genuinely bemoan the failure of my ability to take joy in externalised musical structure I will say this, whenever I meet someone who has memorised a thousand tunes or so and can play them in any key with no recourse to technology, either print or more 'advanced', I cant help but wish I had started INternalising earlier.
D.
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Date Oct. 8 2014 17:52:06
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runner
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Joined: Dec. 5 2008
From: New Jersey USA
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RE: Do you own/use a smart phone? (in reply to ToddK)
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No smartphone; only a cheap cellphone to call 911 or the tow truck when on the road. No answering machine on the landline house phone-- they either get me or they don't. Developed a profound aversion to the phone in years of work wherein my responsibilities included receiving bad news and/or delivering bad news--who needs that?! I love, though, email, in that it partially recreates the lost art of the personal letter. Unlike the dictatorship of the telephone, in which one either enthralls another or is enthralled at the whim of another, the letter (and the email) can be composed, read, thoughtfully responded to, entirely at the discretion of either party. People have been reading and writing letters for thousands of years, many full of grace, wit, learning. At the very least, biography will become a much more barren, problematic enterprise in future, as the wells of the well-written letter finally go dry.
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Date Oct. 8 2014 19:36:52
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Mark2
Posts: 1871
Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco
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RE: Do you own/use a smart phone? (in reply to guitarbuddha)
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I understand, and you are correct in that these new toys are completely unnecessary. I learned how to scrape electric guitar parts off of vinyl in the mid 70's, then in college as a music major, learned harmony from Walter Piston's book. I entered the pro music scene after dropping out, and again, learned parts the bandleader transcribed in standard notation from the paper, and also by playing the cassettes as many times as needed. I studied jazz in the 70's with a great jazz player, who taught by learning standards, one at a time. Learn the head, comp the changes, improvise over them, and create an original chord melody arrangement. I learned flamenco the old way-sitting across from a maestro. He would let me tape part of the lesson, and from there it was all by ear and memory. There were few transcriptions in those days, so to learn a solo or a falseta, it was put the LP on half speed, which of course lowered the sound an octave, and wear out the record. I learned to play for dance by spending five years three times a week playing in a dance school. In my business, which I started in 1981, there were no computers for many years, so it was all written down, floor plans were hand drawn and the math was done in my head. I realize this makes it seem like I'm about 100 years old, but I'm only 56.
So, I really do appreciate these toys, many of which I consider tools. And I use them to benefit my work and to derive enjoyment. Some get little use, others are used daily. There is nothing wrong with the the old ways, but I'm reminded of a quote that I can't remember who should be credited with: "I've been poor and I've been rich, and rich is definitely better"
Finally, I'm sure you are aware there are tons of kids out there studying jazz and playing very well, many of whom use the latest gizmos. I'm sure that some of them will become pros who know a 1,000 tunes by heart.
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ORIGINAL: guitarbuddha
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ORIGINAL: Mark2
I'm on my second I phone. I have tons of music apps-from dr compas to metronomes to an app that plays the chords to jazz standards or any other you program. Also guitar pro, a tuner, a looper, a cool app called scale variator that creates patterns from any scale. That's just music. When my daughter went to China by herself, I installed a gps tracking app so I'd know where she was just in case. For work I have an app that can create, store and read excel and word files, and a nice retail app that calculates markups-that one gets a workout. I have an app that shows current surf reports including live streams of my local beaches, so I know when to play hooky from work to catch waves. The map app gives me directions when I driving, saving me tons of time as I drive a fair amount for my job. I have tons of music on there and I plug it into my car radio -right now VA's Tierra is getting a lot of play. Also amazing slow downer is on my phone, so I practice with my headphones or I phone external speaker a fair amount. I have a mac book hooked up to a pro tools setup, but really the only thing it can do that my phone can't is record or watch shows when hooked up to a tv. Favorite remains dr. compas, which is worth buying an ipod for itself. I crank up the external speaker, pull out the guitar, and have fun.
Hi Mark it is refreshing to hear from an honest man prepared to admit to enjoying his new toys. I guess I am prone to judging this new technology by my own failure to enjoy it.
But predictably i will insist on a discordant note.
I was hunting for a quote online and, as is so often the case, I couldn't find it but I did find this from John Adams.
'Still, he writes, “I made more progress in my command of harmonic practice by reproducing these pop songs [by the Doors, the Beach Boys, and others] from memory at the piano than I ever did by my forced marches through the figured bass treatises.” Later he makes the same point about working through Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and John Coltrane. '
And although I genuinely bemoan the failure of my ability to take joy in externalised musical structure I will say this, whenever I meet someone who has memorised a thousand tunes or so and can play them in any key with no recourse to technology, either print or more 'advanced', I cant help but wish I had started INternalising earlier.
D.
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Date Oct. 8 2014 20:53:12
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RE: Do you own/use a smart phone? (in reply to ToddK)
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Still using an antiquated iPhone by 2014 standards
No land line for 6 or so years
Couldnt really click any of the poll options
It's with me most times
But have all the ringtones and notification turned permanently off
Keeping it quiet and unobtrusive.. Just check it when needed
Only exception is if my teenagers are out partying .. Often needed to come to the rescue and play taxi driver
Other than that
It doubles up as a metronome and tuner
Sometimes as an MP3 player
Use the browser for foro and news
And use the email function
For any of us here who went through their first 30 years of life before the first Nokia brick it seems to be a less vital thing
My kids are constantly buried in it though tried to avoid getting them one for as long as possible
But as a safety thing it became a re assuring and needed tool
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Date Oct. 9 2014 6:26:51
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