Random thoughts and observations
Mobile phones should be banned in schools. While ostensibly a communications device, modern phones are also cameras and video recorders with internet access. The media reports today that footage of local children fighting on school grounds and in public places has been published on YouTube. It appears likely the young people involved knew they were [...]
I use text messages sparingly. Usually it’s when I want to reach someone urgently (quicker than email), but I don’t want to disturb them or I know they can’t be disturbed. Sometimes I SMS staff if they’re out of the office on a job. Many people are addicted to SMS though. My 15-year-old daughter sends [...]
There haven’t been many photos taken of me over the past four years. I’m not very photogenic and I tend to be on the other side of the camera, more often than not. I don’t mind this picture too much. I took it myself with the JasJam mobile phone last Friday while waiting between Maggie’s [...]
I have a mobile wireless broadband account with Vodafone. I opened it in Kalgoorlie, mainly for the kids to access the internet from their computer, and for me to use when travelling. It offers 3G speed in areas with access to the Vodafone network, but only dial-up elsewhere, including Mount Gambier unfortunately. Vodafone is meant [...]
I don’t use my mobile phone much for taking photos. At various times I’ve bought phones with ramped up camera capabilities, but for various reasons I haven’t utilised them much. My brain hasn’t tuned into the fact that phones today are also cameras, voice recorders and music players among other things. They do almost everything [...]
