Friday, July 15, 2011

Gadget Family

A couple of nights ago I took a closer look at our Family. As I arrived home as the last of us, the son was doing homework using the Internet for references, Alpha-male were tweeting on his phone whilst conducting a business call via Skype. I was cooking (following a recipe on the IPad) whilst listening to Internet radio. By the time dinner was ready the son has moved from homework to games and Alpha-male to internet TV (granted only after making sure I had gotten wine) but the phone is never out of reach. After dinner (which we still share the old-fashioned way: at a table with conversation) and the obligatory low-tech soccer game in the garden, we are all back to our gadgets. The son is listening to Podcast (mental note to find out what kind of podcasts he is listening to), Alpha-male busy measuring Klout and blogging, whilst I am simultaneously checking eBay for new shoes and planning a family-holiday to Florida in November. Although I sometimes demand we go low-tech and play a board game or do something all of us together  - normally ending up playing poker with Alpha-Male being particular insisting on following some very specific rules. Most nights are “gadgets night” and we are happy like that. I love that I do not have to adhere to shops opening hours, I am happy to do most of my shopping online… it is generally easy and hassle-free and frankly I think I would do even more if it was possible