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‘Does your phone do numbers?’

Started by Ewan · 1 year ago

I am out amongst the Great Unwashed today. Fascinating. It’s always good to get out in the provinces and check out the reality of mobile use in today’s society.

I just sat down next to an old Australian couple surrounded by luggage bearing the LHR tags. They’d obviously just arrived into the country.

They were trying to [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Ricky

    1 year ago

    I just wanted to say that I love that you refer to them as 'The Great Unwashed'. Makes me chuckle every time.
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  • Ed

    1 year ago

    Er, I hope you used some of your charm and showed them how to 'do numbers' - it's too painful to think they were having to write out the numbers...
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  • Ewan

    1 year ago

    I thought it was far too risky to lecture them!
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  • adambird

    1 year ago

    I read this round about the same time I read this bonkers rubbish http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/02/google-talk-c.... It really demonstrates the disconnect between the geeks and the normobs. As you say, the difficulty of sending and the price wasn't an issue because of the value they placed on that message getting to the recipient.

    Normobs out there and they outnumber us greatly. We ignore that fact at our peril.
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  • Ewan

    1 year ago

    The barbarians (normobs) are at the gate!
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