I am an ignorant smartphone user. I can be eating in a restaurant and will quickly check Twitter or my emails, in meetings I will often have a quick scan of the latest news and the very first thing I do in the morning is check my iPhone to catch up on emails, the news and the words that have been played overnight on Words with Friends.
Even my children get annoyed with me for taking my phone everywhere and often checking it just to see what has happened. It is daft, but it is definitely an addiction of some sort. It’s nothing to do with work or checking emails either- I just like to check it and to see what’s happening socially or around the world in general. I also like to have lots of content loaded to immerse myself in; it could be a few episodes of a TV series I am enjoying, a selection of eBooks, new articles added to InstaPaper and a few games, usually new ones that I am hoping are as good as my current favourites.
Because my phone goes everywhere with me, all of the temptations travel with me also and it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. In many ways it isn’t a problem because most of he uses are beneficial, but I have realised that I am one of those face down, hollow eyed smartphone users that normal people find strange. Let us know if you are the same by answering today’s question of the day.
