this article was published in the Herald on the 15th Feb.
"the soundtrack of modern life is a cacophony of pings, rings and buzzes"
"Oftel Residents Survey in 2007 showed that there are more than 65 million mobile subscriptions in the UK. 4% of adults aged between 25 and 44 don't have a mobile phone."
One of these people is William Morrison, 35, an english teacher based in Aberdeen. He is adamant he will never succumb to a mobile. "I regard them as the single most annoying things ever invented in the complete history of the human race," he says. He is aware of the problems this creates in getting hold of him, but wears his elusiveness with pride: "I must confess, I enjoy the fact that even arranging this article has been made harder by the fact I refuse to play the mobile game."
"Why must everything in the world be instantaneous and automatic?Mobiles phones pander to the worst traits in our own personalities and in our society. They celebrate crass, selfish behaviour.
Mobiles are favoured by the needy and the clingy, people who are totally unable to function with out engaging in the most mind numbingly trite exchanges. We're breeding a generation who are unable to cope unless they have one of these tiny glowing comforters in their hands.
Barry Shelby, 47, a freelance writer who works from home in Glasgow. mobile phones are an invasion of privacy and prevent people from becoming fully absorbed in what they are doing. given the choice email is his preferred choice of communication. "Again, I think it's control. i can see the emails that come in. I can read them, and then I can decide when want to respond.
When it comes to personal calls, he prefers to meet up for long chats as opposed to speaking for any length of time on the phone
"the soundtrack of modern life is a cacophony of pings, rings and buzzes"
"Oftel Residents Survey in 2007 showed that there are more than 65 million mobile subscriptions in the UK. 4% of adults aged between 25 and 44 don't have a mobile phone."
One of these people is William Morrison, 35, an english teacher based in Aberdeen. He is adamant he will never succumb to a mobile. "I regard them as the single most annoying things ever invented in the complete history of the human race," he says. He is aware of the problems this creates in getting hold of him, but wears his elusiveness with pride: "I must confess, I enjoy the fact that even arranging this article has been made harder by the fact I refuse to play the mobile game."
"Why must everything in the world be instantaneous and automatic?Mobiles phones pander to the worst traits in our own personalities and in our society. They celebrate crass, selfish behaviour.
Mobiles are favoured by the needy and the clingy, people who are totally unable to function with out engaging in the most mind numbingly trite exchanges. We're breeding a generation who are unable to cope unless they have one of these tiny glowing comforters in their hands.
Barry Shelby, 47, a freelance writer who works from home in Glasgow. mobile phones are an invasion of privacy and prevent people from becoming fully absorbed in what they are doing. given the choice email is his preferred choice of communication. "Again, I think it's control. i can see the emails that come in. I can read them, and then I can decide when want to respond.
When it comes to personal calls, he prefers to meet up for long chats as opposed to speaking for any length of time on the phone
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