If you're a Star Trek fan you know that it's not appropriate to say "He was a Borg" because the Borg are a collective consciousness. Instead, he was Borg.
The guy was never disconnected. I think he slept with his blue-ray earpiece. In the 3.5 years I worked for him, I honestly never saw him without it. Technology can be like that. You can't immagine why everyone's so worked up about the newest gizmo. You hold off buying one for years. In the end, resistance is futile. You give in and get the gizmo and soon, you can't imagine life without it.
Don't feel bad. Now days, it's a natural progression.
Enter the smart phone. I resisted for years but eventually my wife talked me into one. Now she complains that I can't leave it alone.
What does this have to do with writing?
Over the last year I've learned that a smart phone can be a great writing tool. How many times have you had a great idea for a story only to forget it before you can steal away to write it down? Not with a smart phone. Just bust out a free notepad app, type in a few notes, and your idea is stored. Or don't type it in. Use voice recognition to jot your notes. Then email them to your home computer.
Hell, I'll do you one better: WRITE THE WHOLE DAMN STORY ON YOUR PHONE.
It sounds a little crazy but I've written several short stories this way. I always have my phone on me. So what happens when I have to wait for wife/doctor/dmv/wife/etc? Bust out the phone and get some words in. It's basically like having constant access to a word processor.
How about you? Have you written anything on your phone? Are you resisting?
Wow, I had no idea that smart phones could do all that! (My cell phone is very, very basic, so I'm pretty out of the loop about things like this, heh.)
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