The Ugly Side Of Technology

Hello. You have reached today’s post. I’m sorry I’m not here to write this blog as I’m either in a meeting, on holiday or on the tube, but please read the post after the beep.

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I guess technology lets me publish here every day so there’s not reason not to. It’s like how you can be in contactable when you have a mobile phone. Sure, you can turn the phone off, but is turning the phone off a bit like ignoring someone’s friend request on Facebook? No. Maybe that way lies madness.

With a phone, all you need is a signal and battery. Time happens anyway. Forget time. You don’t need time. You’re already in touch. Demetri Martin says batteries only have two states – they are either working, or they are dead. That’s got to be an miserable existence.

I was nearly on the TV news on Wednesday night. Channel Four came into the office that day to do an interview about protection from child pornography online. Actually, I swore earlier on in this post. I wrote the f word but now because of what I’m writing about I’m going to have to take it out because I know I’ll get some bad searches when I mix child pornography with casual swearing. You can guess where the f work was because I replaced it with another f word. (Clue: it’s in italics)

The TV news team did one filler shot of people working at their desks and it was my cluster of desks at work. Of course I wanted to say: “When will this be on?” but I was too cool. For a bit. Then I asked “When will this be on?” and they said the seven o’clock news on Channel Four. But they cut me out, the forgetters.

OK – Weekend Song tomorrow as normal then Involuntary Comedy Responses will take us through until Monday where I’ll write something about how increased consumption of media both threatens and encourages original creativity.

Have a great weekend. That’s Saturday and Sunday, OK?

I mean it. Both days.