MythTickle by Justin Thompson for January 07, 2011

Don’t let it throw ya Boody.

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Motorola, right?

We call this the learning curve.

Trust me, you are not alone.

I take more pictures of the inside of my pocket then anything else.

That’s why I keep the keyboard locked unless I’m actually using it.

Justin, maybe you’ll have to explain to Millennials what a ‘call’ is.

And to the Gen Xers why we say we “dial” a phone.

Or why, when we record a show on our DVR, we say we’re “taping” it.

Bret Favre?

“I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.”

— Bjarne Stronstrup (originator of C++ programming language)

My father never learned to say “refrigerator” instead of “icebox”.

@runar, a confrere, who is an editor, so he has to keep up with the latest word-processing formats, complains that with every upgrade in program or computer, he can do less and less.

It’s called software/feature bloat. For 95% or so of users, PCs were powerful enough ten years ago. And if they aren’t abused, a PC can easily last ten years. So to get people to keep buying new software/hardware, they keep adding features, which require more powerful hardware. Doesn’t matter that most people never actually USE or NEED most of these new features. I fight almost daily with MS Word thinking it knows better than I do what tabs and indents I want. Phones are the same way. I’ll keep using my 5 YO ‘just a phone’ till it goes belly up. I don’t want a camera or internet browser or music device. I just want a phone.

give me back my cb handle

@andymeijers, that’s all well and good–but he has to keep upgrading to be able to receive articles from his writers.

Boody get an iPhone, it’s easy to figure out & use ;)