tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766090498852751598.post5544233597204258557..comments2012-10-11T15:15:42.424-07:00Comments on Looking through the digital lens: May the mobile phone never make us introverted peopleJohn Mokwetsihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459721230206007622noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766090498852751598.post-25437938734499683842012-02-03T11:40:37.550-08:002012-02-03T11:40:37.550-08:00Hate or love it, the advent or new media and all t...Hate or love it, the advent or new media and all the gadgets that come with it is set to revolutionalise our communication for generations to come. What we then need to do is to adopt the technology to our advantage and locate the value it adds to our life without killing our ubuntuism. I honestly find it odd not to talk to a neighbour and concentrate on nibbling on the tablet or phone. Gadgets will never take the place of emotions that we invoke through physical conversations.Zim Dialoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10678638220681144988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766090498852751598.post-42693668675873711142012-02-03T11:37:52.761-08:002012-02-03T11:37:52.761-08:00Hate or love it, the advent or new media and all t...Hate or love it, the advent or new media and all the gadgets that come with it is set to revolutionalise our communication for generations to come. What we then need to do is to adopt the technology to our advantage and locate the value it adds to our life without killing our ubuntuism. I honestly find it odd not to talk to a neighbour and concentrate on nibbling on the tablet or phone. Gadgets will never take the place of emotions that we invoke through physical conversations.Zim Dialoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10678638220681144988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766090498852751598.post-62296659187171067752012-02-03T07:04:27.126-08:002012-02-03T07:04:27.126-08:00This is true. I experienced the same issues, the f...This is true. I experienced the same issues, the fixation with mediated conversation as opposed to the physical. This new techonology is definitely killing ubuntu and organic communication. But I guess this is what the telephone and then the televison and then all these other gadgets have progressively done to us. Where will it stop or end?Fungai Machirorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618293106885977336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766090498852751598.post-50665916850490417952012-02-03T01:17:17.718-08:002012-02-03T01:17:17.718-08:00ha ha, for sure mate with the access people now ha...ha ha, for sure mate with the access people now have to smart phones and mobile broadband being available God knows where we headed. I had to take my connection's phone at Mavado's show coz either he's tweeting or he's on bloody facebook.costamanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790752676319985873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766090498852751598.post-36622191090037827632012-02-02T22:46:29.185-08:002012-02-02T22:46:29.185-08:00The challenge now is to come up with ways of tappi...The challenge now is to come up with ways of tapping into that proliferation of mobile phone usage. Instead of people spending time chatting uncontrollably on their phones, there's a lot of sense in using the same applications to discuss serious issues.Vusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746652771177904451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766090498852751598.post-31829289845822893302012-02-02T08:44:13.812-08:002012-02-02T08:44:13.812-08:00Even here in India noone talks to someone even in ...Even here in India noone talks to someone even in Metro trains, thats why some Zimbabweans think i am a tweeter, facebook, skype addict.No its the in-thing.i love your blog heysharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380582326938613907noreply@blogger.com