Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
I often watch people on the train and count how many are using some kind of electronic device. It's just interesting, to contrast that with how many are reading, not on an I Pad or Kindle.
Just a comment and casting no judgments on anyone.

My husband and I laugh about this all the time. The other morning, we met for breakfast at a cafe and for the first couple of minutes after we ordered, we were both doing something on our phones. I looked up at him and said 'put it away' and we both did. Then we looked around the restaurant and saw entirely too many families where every single member was doing something on an electrical device and no one was even speaking to each other! I'm not a parent, but if I was, that would NOT fly in my household.

Anyway, I love how handy the smartphone is when we are running errands or doing things on the weekends and having email and a VPN on my phone means that I can attend to my work things without having to lug a laptop home. But yeah, I don't feel like I need to be 'connected' all the time. I don't even carry my phone with me when I'm working on the farm as it just isn't that important to me. The smartphone means I can connect when I need to, but it doesn't mean that I am ALWAYS connected. Of course, that's more my personality than it is my electronics.