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Please tell me you're not one of those fellows with a blue tooth ear piece stuck to your ear - even when you aren't on the phone.

Posted by Randy Cantrell at September 22, 2006 2:10 PM

I hate--pure hate--those damn ear pieces, yet am fearful of saying so because I imagine it identifies me as a Luddite.

Posted by tom peters at September 22, 2006 3:39 PM

Luddite? Not you. Do people actually use that word? (I guess so 'cause you just did.) This week I had a meeting with a VP of a rather large company here in Dallas. The guy had this ear piece attached to his head the entire time. His phone rang numerous times during the meeting, each time he refuse to accept the call and apologized for the disturbance. I kept thinking, "If you're not going to answer the call, then why don't you take off that blasted ear piece." Go figure.

Posted by Randy Cantrell at September 22, 2006 3:44 PM

Tom

Whenever I hear "Skype" I know I am in a Modern Age. Skype has brought us a New World business model, brand, and idea of value. The new business model is based on "free use" of VoiP for us when we call relatives in Europe. The new brand is a word that means more than the name of a provider - Skype means "a completely new way of staying in touch with friends and colleagues" because this mob offers a service that is affordable for us all. Skype provides us with "use value" not the old world "value add".

Kevin Kelly is neither old nor young he just is - people like Kevin are like a good wine they get just get better and better over time.

Cheers
Richard

Posted by Richard Lipscombe at September 22, 2006 5:43 PM

Dear Tom:

Thank you for sharing your good experiences. On your way of writing I can see: speed, action and surprise.

Only those people that are like kids and get amazed themselves with everything they live truly enjoy their life.

Some comments on the other hand:

We are in a Modern Age, but if we see it deeply probably not that much.

As I mentioned to Shelley Dolley on "OneWebDay", sometime is good to remember that not all the world has access to very basic things in life (food, electricity and other things).

So, sometimes I belive human kind in our age have the "bicycle phenomenon":

We all jump on a bike and ride and ride and ride and ride, more and more and more fast everytime.

But at the time we stop, we ask ourselves: Is this the correct way?

Human kind is going a path very very fast, but most of the times does't know where it goes.

Hopefully the internet and all the technologies help us to give others the same opportunities we have now.

With best regards

Juan Miguel Robles Vargas
General Manager
DEISA
Guadalajara, Mexico

Posted by Juan Miguel Robles at September 22, 2006 6:01 PM

Call me quaint, old-fashioned or whatever you want but I hold to the notion that leaving your mobile phone on during a meeting is plain rude. We complain about long, boring meetings but how long are the extended by people popping out to answer their phone or (I hate this) leaning back and talking quietly into the phone, oblivious to what's going on and of the disruption they're causing.

I used to work for a company that had what we called Champagne Rules: if your mobile even bleeped during a meeting, you had to buy a glass of champagne for everyone present. It tended to focus you on the agenda, getting things discussed and moving on.

Posted by MarkJF at September 23, 2006 7:15 AM

Tom / others, In case you are likely far from home, thought you might today's piece with more on the Weston Playhouse. Eric
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Posted by Eric Lapp at September 24, 2006 8:23 AM

MODERN = everything is FREE - pay as you go for CONSUMERS - THEY pay the way ...

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Posted by Steve Torso at September 24, 2006 10:09 PM

Steve - you'll find a similar thing to Thailand in Turkey and many other places. What happens is that a country with a poor telecomms infrastructure sees it get overtaken by the mobile networks as people give up waiting months and months for a land line and go straight to mobile.

Posted by Mark JF at September 25, 2006 6:52 AM

Steve & Mark - went MOBILE only in January 2000.

Posted by sean at September 25, 2006 8:04 AM

Quick comment on the Weston Playhouse. Not only is the quality of talent superb for the performance, but you can also marvel at the players' versatility during the late night cabaret performance after the show. There's something very special about that theatre - watching cows graze across the river during intermission is not exactly typical. An evening there is an experience not to be missed. Thanks for reminding me.

Posted by Shelley (Dolley) at September 25, 2006 8:08 AM