(Reuters) Whether is it texting during dinner, talking on a cellphone in a public restroom or using a laptop while driving, most people think mobile etiquette is getting worse, not better.
Ninety one percent of U.S. adults questioned in a new poll by computer innovation company Intel said they have seen people misuse technology, and three quarters think mobile manners have decreased in the past year.
"New digital technologies are becoming a mainstay in consumers' lives, but we haven't worked out for ourselves, our families, communities and societies what all the right kinds of behaviours and expectations will be," said Genevieve Bell, the head of interaction and experience research at Intel.
The poll of 2,000 adults revealed that most U.S. adults wished people practised better mobile etiquette and found the lack of cellphone manners extremely annoying, even though about 20 percent admitted to poor etiquette themselves.
Nearly 75 percent said the lack of mobile manners has created a new form of public rage and 65 percent admitted they became angry around people who misused mobile devices.
The most annoying behaviours were the use of mobile devices during driving, followed by talking on a cellphone loudly in a public place and walking in the street while texting or talking on the phone.
People reported seeing, on average five mobile offenses every day, according to the poll. Nearly a quarter said they had even seen someone using a laptop while driving, and one in five said they checked their mobile devices before getting out of bed in the morning.
*What a shame that grown ups don't know phone etiquette. For some reason people believe that you can do whatever you want with your cell phone. Having etiquette in everything is extremely important even when using a cell phone. To some people that's just common sense!*
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
*THE BIG BAD LITERARY WOLF-"aka" WRITER'S BLOCK!*
"STOP! I HAVE WRITER'S BLOCK! I CAN'T GO ON!"
(Diva's House Of Literary Coffee) The instantaneous melt down of a writer in the moment. It's the screeching halt we allow ourselves as writers to buy into as if we are buying into the latest scam of the year. Excuses, excuses and more excuses that we ratify so we can take a break from what we say we so-call love to do.
The must have fad in literature that has been giving more writers grief then anything else is the big bad literary wolf "aka" writer's block. It rings true all over the world and many have backed down from the "big bad literar wolf." The art of writing is a very complex one depending on who you ask. As we gear ourselves up for the creative process we sort of knowingly schedule the the big bad literary wolf "aka" writer's block into our writing time. The mind works on repetition and the more we subconsciously tell ourselves that we have writer's block the more it will repeat itself and interwind in the daily grind of your writing process.
Stepping up to the plate and letting this literary wolf know who's boss is what any writer must do. If you are serious enough to break through then, getting your mind right is your writer's calling card. It's the single most important aspect of the creative process. In time what you think is writer's block will utltimately disappear and you will be able to keep it moving and complete your writing without any knocks from the big bad literary wolf.
Opening your mind and taking it to the next level is very necessary as a writer. A high stategic and high valocity of imagination is all it takes. You the writer just have to give yourself permission to incorportate those things to put your writing in check. The obvious is there when it comes to breaking down barries such as writer's block. We just have to keep pushing through until we get that literary drive and keep it moving into shear explosive storytelling.
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(Diva's House Of Literary Coffee) The instantaneous melt down of a writer in the moment. It's the screeching halt we allow ourselves as writers to buy into as if we are buying into the latest scam of the year. Excuses, excuses and more excuses that we ratify so we can take a break from what we say we so-call love to do.
The must have fad in literature that has been giving more writers grief then anything else is the big bad literary wolf "aka" writer's block. It rings true all over the world and many have backed down from the "big bad literar wolf." The art of writing is a very complex one depending on who you ask. As we gear ourselves up for the creative process we sort of knowingly schedule the the big bad literary wolf "aka" writer's block into our writing time. The mind works on repetition and the more we subconsciously tell ourselves that we have writer's block the more it will repeat itself and interwind in the daily grind of your writing process.
Stepping up to the plate and letting this literary wolf know who's boss is what any writer must do. If you are serious enough to break through then, getting your mind right is your writer's calling card. It's the single most important aspect of the creative process. In time what you think is writer's block will utltimately disappear and you will be able to keep it moving and complete your writing without any knocks from the big bad literary wolf.
Opening your mind and taking it to the next level is very necessary as a writer. A high stategic and high valocity of imagination is all it takes. You the writer just have to give yourself permission to incorportate those things to put your writing in check. The obvious is there when it comes to breaking down barries such as writer's block. We just have to keep pushing through until we get that literary drive and keep it moving into shear explosive storytelling.
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