Off late, I have been seeing many of who seemed to be managed by our social media. For instance, two or three people could be having a serious conversation, and once the Whatsup sound is heard, or once the phone rings or flickers, then the person breaks away from the conversion to the mobile phone, PC etc.
In some meetings, workshops and seminars, participants while listening can immediately jump to respond to their phone calls or vibrating indicators from their cell phones. Whether the caller or message sender is critical to attend to, that's another matter.
At times, people's attention is just so clearly and obviously diverted to social media, whether facebook or twitter or linkedin at anytime irrespective what a person was up to. My question is therefore, are we managing our mobile devices or are they managing us.
What is the courtesy of being in a conversation with another person, or while in a meeting and all of a sudden, without even asking to be excused, you just jump to your phone? Yes, may be you could be receiving a message that is very important, but what about the other person, do you think that person is not worth it or does not receive messages?
Or should we as mobile users and consumers of ICT convergence just be ready to take on whatever it comes and be tolerant especially when one is in a meeting and phones just rings - as someone perhaps are yet to know that phones can be on silence or they just want their phones to ring as they might be expecting some calls or basically want to hear their ring tones?
Yes, the internet revolution is amongst us, with great opportunities and challenges, but how to we balance being ICT people to still love our gadgets but at the same time be weary about what they can do to us if we do no manage these carefully.
What has been your experience?
In some meetings, workshops and seminars, participants while listening can immediately jump to respond to their phone calls or vibrating indicators from their cell phones. Whether the caller or message sender is critical to attend to, that's another matter.
At times, people's attention is just so clearly and obviously diverted to social media, whether facebook or twitter or linkedin at anytime irrespective what a person was up to. My question is therefore, are we managing our mobile devices or are they managing us.
What is the courtesy of being in a conversation with another person, or while in a meeting and all of a sudden, without even asking to be excused, you just jump to your phone? Yes, may be you could be receiving a message that is very important, but what about the other person, do you think that person is not worth it or does not receive messages?
Or should we as mobile users and consumers of ICT convergence just be ready to take on whatever it comes and be tolerant especially when one is in a meeting and phones just rings - as someone perhaps are yet to know that phones can be on silence or they just want their phones to ring as they might be expecting some calls or basically want to hear their ring tones?
Yes, the internet revolution is amongst us, with great opportunities and challenges, but how to we balance being ICT people to still love our gadgets but at the same time be weary about what they can do to us if we do no manage these carefully.
What has been your experience?
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