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Fight! Smartphones duke it out for three-way tie

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I can’t help but agree with this guy…

… on the impending irrelevance of Blackberry. This coming from a six-year Blackberry user (but I’m in the minority, and only use it for texting and voice calls now — no portable apps or Internet for...

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Clever ad: Turning the tables on obsessive geek culture

Using iOS is still less of a pain than using Android. That is, the form is still better. But that doesn’t change the fact that the attached ad is incredibly effective in speaking to the majority of...

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How to be an absent parent

Rachel Stafford recently shared some awesome tips on how to neglect your children. Here are some of my favorites: Keep your phone turned on at all times of the day. Allow the rings, beeps, and buzzes...

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My latest: Life after smartphones—what’s next?

Read it here: Life after smartphones—What’s next?

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The anti-technologist: How to smartphone without a data plan

Editor’s note: The Anti-Technologist is a new column by Blake Snow. It advocates late adoption of consumer technology and expels the wonders of finding offline balance in an online world. I’m...

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Eight stories I wish you would read

A client recently asked for links to some of my favorite personal writings. This is what I sent him: 13 things I learned in France Don’t retire: Vacation several times a year until you die Growing...

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Forever “alone together” is easy. Worthwhile relationships require discipline.

“I see the way people use smartphones as a phenomenon that looks to me like a publicly-accepted decline in the way people interact with each other.”—Peter Cohen via Josh SteimleThe post Forever “alone...

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Published works: Why the death of the PC is a myth

My latest for Fox News: Why the death of the PC is a mythThe post Published works: Why the death of the PC is a myth appeared first on Blake Snow.

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Finally! A technology authority censures silly-looking bluetooth headsets

From the latest issue of Wired: Let’s be clear: Walking around with a Bluetooth device in your ear is pure douchebaggery. There is no excuse for it… If you’re out among normals, flaunting your tech...

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Blame “important” doctors for your cell phone abuse

I wrote on article on cell phone abuse, to be published on GigaOM, and was unable to use the following, which I thought was rather insightful: “When cell phones were first introduced, they were...

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5 years later, these 10 cell phone commandmants still ring true

Courtesy of Joey Reiman for Pink Magazine, published in 2005: Thou shalt not take the BlackBerry to any table with food on it or family around it. A BlackBerry is not a fruit, nor does it come from a...

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One year after canceling my data plan: 10 things I’ve learned

Update: As of 2013, data is now included with my cell phone plan. But thanks to my four year break from it, mobile data no longer interrupts my life like it use to. When used sparingly, it actually...

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This is a really clever commercial. Really.

That, and it makes excellent use of In the Hall of the Mountain King. Unfortunately, self-discipline is the only way “to save us from our phones,” not another phone. Canceling your data plan helps too....

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Published works: Dumb phones still dominate smart phones… for now

My latest for Fox & Friends. The post Published works: Dumb phones still dominate smart phones… for now appeared first on Blake Snow.

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Best product placement ever?

Samsung sponsored this guy Kenton Cool (awesome name) to summit Mount Everest for a ninth time this month. In exchange, the company had him place the first cell phone call ever from the highest point...

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Three reasons the iPhone is more dumbphone than smartphone

After six (sometimes) productive years, I abandoned the sinking ship that is BlackBerry last week. In it’s place, I upgraded to the “magical,” status-enhancing iPhone. As early adopters discovered a...

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Texting and dating: Young lovers, I feel for you

I don’t know if falling in love is more challenging today than it was before. But it can’t be easy with the constant allure, cover, and distraction of smartphones. Case in point: I saw a guy macking on...

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8 ways to conquer your smartphone obsession

“I really wish I spent more time on my phone,” said no one ever. I doubt anyone will. And yet, many of us can’t resist the Kavorka of our phones, in times of idleness or activity. What’s a modern human...

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Why I won’t buy an Apple Watch (for now)

Constantly checking your wrist watch is less rude and less distracting than constantly checking your smartphone. It might even improve your life. Or so says a report from Wired on why Apple chose to...

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