I completely agree with Rheingold from our reading and class discussion Monday about Smart Mobs. It is so true when we talked about it not being about the tools anymore but how we choose to use them. The examples in class and in the reading about such things like the cell phone couldn’t be more correct. I get incredibly bothered when I see students at this university sit through an entire lecture of class and not listen to one thing because they are too busy using the internet on their I-phones or blackberries. That’s what the world has come to and that is what Rheingold and his Smart Mobs discussion is all about. I like how he brings to our attention that communication through cell phones is no longer its only quality. The use of cell phones is no longer to communicate to someone else but through all the technological advances people now use their cell phones for such things as the internet. When we brought up the idea of buying a cell phone that can only be used for communication and no picture, or internet capabilities and discussed how it would be close to impossible to find such a phone now a day’s really made me think about Rheingolds whole argument. I never thought about that but it is completely true. The last time I saw a cell phone that DIDN’T have these abilities was probably years ago. It’s crazy to think where technology will go next but with the world that we live in and all the advances I’m sure the next big thing will become normal just like the internet on cell phone has.
Here I have two pictures of the Nokia Cell phones, one of the first ever invented, and one of their latest models. The difference between the two is unbelievable. You can see for yourself how much they have changed within the decade. I believe if Rheingold could add pictures to his argument this would fit in, and I quote Ace Ventura, “hewwww like a glove.”
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