Comments on: Electronic Mail is Not For Everyone http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/ Handcrafted pixels & text from Salem, Massachusetts. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:15:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Q http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7858 Q Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:12:06 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7858 What a variety of comments from a simple anecdote. i find it most interesting the different projections some of the commentors applied to Bernard and his motives/personality. Arrogant, foolish, stubborn, manipulative of his wife.... perhaps they are madly in love and would do anything for one another... even scan notes to send via email. i agree strongly with a point that one of you touched on: the cluttered state of the garbled interweb, filled with empty lols and ttyls. The dehumanizing of communication and identity is a frightening prospect... tower of Babel and all that nonsense. But now i'm babbling, so i'll leave you with this: Communications technologies should be intuitive, authentic, and simple. Most importantly, they should serve to achieve communication. Right? What a variety of comments from a simple anecdote.
i find it most interesting the different projections some of the commentors applied to Bernard and his motives/personality. Arrogant, foolish, stubborn, manipulative of his wife….
perhaps they are madly in love and would do anything for one another… even scan notes to send via email.
i agree strongly with a point that one of you touched on: the cluttered state of the garbled interweb, filled with empty lols and ttyls. The dehumanizing of communication and identity is a frightening prospect… tower of Babel and all that nonsense.
But now i’m babbling, so i’ll leave you with this:
Communications technologies should be intuitive, authentic, and simple. Most importantly, they should serve to achieve communication.
Right?

]]> By: Nick (dragotown) http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7857 Nick (dragotown) Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:05:02 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7857 That is funny. I know a lot of people that might do something like that. It really shows how many people have misconceptions about technology and computers today. That is funny. I know a lot of people that might do something like that. It really shows how many people have misconceptions about technology and computers today.

]]> By: Arthur http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7856 Arthur Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:43:43 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7856 Very funny, but all too true for alot of people. Very funny, but all too true for alot of people.

]]> By: Clark MacLeod http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7855 Clark MacLeod Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:01:39 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7855 It's not all that uncommon with some older senior managers where I used to work. Despite the fact that they were on the leading edge of many types of technological research many department directors still had their secretaries print their email for them to read and type their replies. It’s not all that uncommon with some older senior managers where I used to work. Despite the fact that they were on the leading edge of many types of technological research many department directors still had their secretaries print their email for them to read and type their replies.

]]> By: Manoloweb http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7854 Manoloweb Thu, 18 Aug 2005 06:51:24 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7854 This is the year 2050, and this story is about [pick a name from above, and name it NewBernard] when Carlos is asking him to transmit a <em>thinksenger</em> to his daughter Lucy who is living in the "Genesis Space Station"... <strong>-(NB)Thinksenger you say?</strong> <em>-(Carlos)Yes NewBernard, just look at the blue spot on that frame and think what you want to tell her.</em> <strong>-(NB - thinking) <em>How the hell does this crap gets on?</em></strong> <em>-(Lucy) Dad! watch your mouth!</em> <strong>-(NB)Sorry princess!</strong> <em>-(Carlos) She didn't hear that, you have to just think it and watch the spot, remember (laughs)</em> <strong>-(NB - thinking again)Young people, they think they know everything, they never needed to CSS, XML nor PHP anything and they think they're smart enough to make fun of me...</strong> <em>-(Lucy) Daa..ad, I'm still here... he he!, I know you were a geek when you were young, that's why I believe you can do this easily, just follow the instructions.</em> <strong>-(NB - yelling at Carlos)OK, that's it! so everyone will know what I'm thinking while chatting??</strong> <em>-(Carlos) Not at all, just look away of the spot and you're offline, or muted as we call it.</em> <strong>-(NB) You know what, give me that old laptop, and I'll send her an email.</strong> <em>-(Carlos, thinking at the thinksenger) Can you believe this Lucy? this old and obsolet "Millenium Generation Guy" doesn't know how to use technology, he he he, it is so funny.</em> ====================== To everyone making fun of Bernard, Make sure your words are sweet and soft, you might find yourself eating them eventually... LOL This is the year 2050, and this story is about [pick a name from above, and name it NewBernard] when Carlos is asking him to transmit a thinksenger to his daughter Lucy who is living in the “Genesis Space Station”…
-(NB)Thinksenger you say?
-(Carlos)Yes NewBernard, just look at the blue spot on that frame and think what you want to tell her.
-(NB – thinking) How the hell does this crap gets on?
-(Lucy) Dad! watch your mouth!
-(NB)Sorry princess!
-(Carlos) She didn’t hear that, you have to just think it and watch the spot, remember (laughs)
-(NB – thinking again)Young people, they think they know everything, they never needed to CSS, XML nor PHP anything and they think they’re smart enough to make fun of me…
-(Lucy) Daa..ad, I’m still here… he he!, I know you were a geek when you were young, that’s why I believe you can do this easily, just follow the instructions.
-(NB – yelling at Carlos)OK, that’s it! so everyone will know what I’m thinking while chatting??
-(Carlos) Not at all, just look away of the spot and you’re offline, or muted as we call it.
-(NB) You know what, give me that old laptop, and I’ll send her an email.
-(Carlos, thinking at the thinksenger) Can you believe this Lucy? this old and obsolet “Millenium Generation Guy” doesn’t know how to use technology, he he he, it is so funny.
======================
To everyone making fun of Bernard, Make sure your words are sweet and soft, you might find yourself eating them eventually…
LOL

]]> By: whizdumb http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7853 whizdumb Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:30:50 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7853 I agree with the person who called Bernard's attitude "arrogant". To me, resisting common tools like this is just another way of saying "I'm too cool to do what everyone else does," and that annoys me.<br><br> The funniest thing is that everything is technology! The pianist who won't play a synth, or the purist who demands words printed in ink on paper instead of on-screen...how do they get the crazy notion that pianos and printing aren't just tech that's been around for awhile? <br><br> Yo, Bernie...if you were really that smart, wouldn't you realize that a PEN is technology, and refuse to use that too? <br><br> And...NO! the hard copy will not always be there! Hard copies get lost, damaged, and when they do, it's a disaster, because as rarely as people bother to back-up their data, it's still done much more frequently than anyone backs up a book! Time was I lived in terror of losing my Daytimer along with every tidbit of important data I needed.Now, if I drop my PDA in a well, I can just pick up a new one and sync all those tasty bits right back on it, as if nothing ever happened.</br></br></br></br></br></br> I agree with the person who called Bernard’s attitude “arrogant”. To me, resisting common tools like this is just another way of saying “I’m too cool to do what everyone else does,” and that annoys me.

The funniest thing is that everything is technology! The pianist who won’t play a synth, or the purist who demands words printed in ink on paper instead of on-screen…how do they get the crazy notion that pianos and printing aren’t just tech that’s been around for awhile?

Yo, Bernie…if you were really that smart, wouldn’t you realize that a PEN is technology, and refuse to use that too?

And…NO! the hard copy will not always be there! Hard copies get lost, damaged, and when they do, it’s a disaster, because as rarely as people bother to back-up their data, it’s still done much more frequently than anyone backs up a book! Time was I lived in terror of losing my Daytimer along with every tidbit of important data I needed.Now, if I drop my PDA in a well, I can just pick up a new one and sync all those tasty bits right back on it, as if nothing ever happened.

]]> By: Notepad http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7852 Notepad Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:31:52 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7852 The truth is that the hard copy is/will always be available when the hard drive dies...when you have no backup. Technology comes at a hefty price when you not clued as to it's full capacity. Bordering on insanity si what one might call it. The truth is that the hard copy is/will always be available when the hard drive dies…when you have no backup.
Technology comes at a hefty price when you not clued as to it’s full capacity.
Bordering on insanity si what one might call it.

]]> By: Ian Brown http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7851 Ian Brown Tue, 09 Aug 2005 02:38:12 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7851 I was rather bemused by this to be honest. Would it not have been simpler, and easier, just to dictate the short note to his wife whilst she typed it out? It would have saved a lot of time and effort on his front. I was rather bemused by this to be honest. Would it not have been simpler, and easier, just to dictate the short note to his wife whilst she typed it out? It would have saved a lot of time and effort on his front.

]]> By: Darrel http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7850 Darrel Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:04:05 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7850 I guess if I treated my wife like a secretary, I wouldn't need email either. I guess if I treated my wife like a secretary, I wouldn’t need email either.

]]> By: Paul http://simplebits.com/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7849 Paul Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:11:46 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2005/07/30/email/#comment-7849 I can only relate. My old boss refused to use email even though the entire company was on emails and pda's he got his secretary to do all his emailing for him. he said he feared change though but you take my mother, who at the age of 55 took to email like a duck to water without ever using a computer before. Its a sad life for those opposed to change. regards <a href="www.thegoogleblog.com" rel="nofollow">Paul</a> I can only relate.
My old boss refused to use email even though the entire company was on emails and pda’s he got his secretary to do all his emailing for him. he said he feared change though but you take my mother, who at the age of 55 took to email like a duck to water without ever using a computer before.
Its a sad life for those opposed to change.
regards
Paul

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