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March 20, 2007
Hi everyone. My name’s Michael, and tomorrow I am switching off my cell phone. I am currently enrolled at Santa Monica College and in the textbook of my Intercultural Communication textbook, there was a little blurb about communication and technology. It suggested “turn off your cell phone for a week”, and see what happens. The same day, my roommate told me about a show he’d seen where they had a techno-guru (2 cell phones, bluetooth headset, sidekick, etc.) go for one day without his phone. He was supposedly crying at the end of the day, worried people couldn’t get in touch with him. Was he in touch with himself? Who knows.
So I suppose this is ultimately a test of communication and technology. And in a way, at the same time, a test on internet communication, something that I will probably rely on heavily in place of my cell phone. As of 8 a.m. Pacific Time on March 19th, I will be cell phone free.
Until then, and always,
Michael
