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Cell Phones are making us Dumb

Cell phones are a great invention, we know have the ability to communicate at any time with anybody from anywhere (with the right cell phone). The problem is that we now do not have to work our way through a situation, we can just call, text, or radio an expert on the subject and continue on.

Any construction worker will tell you, out in the field, you had to decide for yourself how to resolve those little issues that crop up, now the answer is a phone call away.

One of the things I have noticed is

that when I see people working, they have a cell phone stuck to their ear.

What is worst is now pre=teens to great grand parents are spending the social time that they have in digital communication instead of face to face.

 

Guy

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Social media has dulled your Senses

OK, I was reading Scoble about what happened during an interview, and it occurs to me, we now depend on digital media to converse and interact. Granted this has a lot of positive aspects and benefits. But when a bunch of people are twittering to the interviewer on how he/she is doing then what’s the point? I mean an interview is supposed to extract information from a subject.

I digress, Social media is like a video game vs going for a walk. We can all talk to each other with phones and stuff or we can talk face to face.

 

I like the idea of expressing ideas in a mass media way (blogging anybody?) but to use this as a primary heckler mechanism, come on!!!

 

 

Guy

UberNote Press Info

This is cool stuff, with the advent of UMPCs we can do a lot with online services.

I use iGoogle to organize my web experience:

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Ah, will this experience ever stop :)

 

Guy

UberNote Press Info

Globalization Through the Centuries

Hey look at this, we are communicating

Economic globalization is a new word for an old process, according to economic historian Herman Van der Wee, holder of the Chair of the Countries and Cultures of the North in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.

 

Guy

Grandkids

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We got the grand youngins with us this weekend

 

Guy

Been awhile

I just noticed with my last post that it has been 2 months since my last post, I have been traveling alot for work and have not spent the time on writing. I have been keeping up with my reading in Google reader and have followed the events in CES and Macworld.

In my travels  I have gone to Mexico city three times now.

In all three trips I have come home with a respiratory problem. I have just come back from Mexico City last Friday with bronchitis and the Asian flu. life is grand. I hope all of you sport fans out there are happy with the up coming super bowl, as i think the giants are going to get hurt real bad. (I am a Chiefs fan).

 

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Guy, From my living room at 10:00 PM CST watching the fifth element

Just updated to 64 bit OS

I have just updated my HP notebook to Vista ultimate 64 and so far, I like it. I am going to cough up the money for 4GB of memory so I can get this puppy to scream.

 

Guy

Flying to Baltimore

I am flying again, this time while getting over a chest cold. What Fun!! I decided to try out Midwest airlines this time and was impr4essed with the seating, nice wide seat for my wide butt. The plane was 1/2 full so I got a row to myself.

Currently I am sitting in Milwaukee waiting for my connecting flight.

 

I will have to see what’s what

Airplanes at the airport

Art at the airport

Wal-Mart, This time it’s personal

You would think that with all the legal issues that Wal-Mart has to face that they would try real hard not to do something that will get public attention.

First a couple of disclaimers;

1. All of this article is my opinion and my opinion alone, it does not reflect the thoughts of anybody else, just me.

2. I have never met nor have I seen any evidence that supports or denies these comments.

3. The person that I am talking about here is my daughter, and yes I am very biased when it comes to my children.

 

My youngest daughter used to work for Wal-Mart, she was hired several years  ago at the Wal-Mart on Barry Road in North Kansas City, MO. She moved to Jackson, MI where she was hired by the local Wal-Mart there.

Within the last month, that Wal-Mart has saw it necessary to fire my daughter for stealing. What did she steal, she was accused of reading a magazine at the check-out while working as a casher.

My daughter has denied these allegations and frankly I believe her, she has been repeatedly praised as an outstanding employee. Something else makes me suspect this action, this particular Wal-Mart terminated a large group of long term employees for the same type of frivolous accusations.

It appears that this store is trying to reduce it’s overhead on personnel costs, Wal-Mart has a history of keeping it’s operating cost low by minimizing what it pay to it’s employees. Do a Google search for Walmart employees and you will get over 2 million hits.

By firing my daughter for stealing, they have effectively eliminated her chances for getting a decent job. Why would they want to do that?

I hope that Wal-Mart the corporation will take a look at what has happened at Jackson, MI.

I use the store allot and I wont stop using it, it provides me with what I need. Terminating my daughter for stealing because she makes too much pay is not only wrong, but

stupid.

 

Guy Pelletier

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Working in Chicago

Welp, here I am again, in Chicago at a motel working my buns off.

Motel at Chicago again 11-12-2007 7-01-56 PM - Guy 

 

I will be attending the Rockwell Automation Fair this week, look forward to all of the propaganda.

 

Guy