Crayola vs. iPhone Continued..

Just a note in regards to the Crayola vs. iPhone blog from earlier. Again while I was at work, these kids came in and instead of them paying with their parents iPhones, they now each have their own iPad. I think my jaw actually dropped; I can't imagine having a toy that cost that much when I was 9 or 10. And what made it even more annoying was that they were colouring and drawing on them, which I really think you can do on paper with a crayon just as well and for a lot less money.

SIM Card issues and Archiving

Okay, so as much as I love the idea of archiving, it does have one downside. What happens when you want something totally gone? I am not even talking about an embarrassing moment, or photo; what happens when you want a person completely out of your life?

After I had a very, very messy break up with my ex, I proceeded to do the right thing and delete every picture, email and text message I had that had anything to do with him. I have been having some trouble with my phone, and one of the biggest problems I have had is that my ex’s number is saved on my SIM card. I can’t seem to get rid of it now though, and with my new phone (borrowed so not really new, just new to me) I have to factory re-set it almost once a day. When I do this I have to upload my contact list again, and the third one down every time is my ex. It is really just annoying and frustrating to have to deal with deleting something over and over again. And it does make me worry about a possible pocket dial; that would be kind of awkward.

I know that there is a positive side to this kind of archiving, but it seems to be going to new extremes. For example the new facebook chat now merges your messages with your chat, so with one of my oldest friends I have messages that go back as far as April of 2008 suddenly linked with a conversation I am trying to have now. It slows my computer down a ton and I really don’t need to look back at that kind f thing. I feel like my say in the matter has been taken away without me having any imput as to what is important information and what isn’t.I mean, why is it that you can lose a massively important essay or project with the wrong click of a button, but it is like pulling teeth to really intentionally delete something? My computer shouldn’t get to decide what information stays and what gets deleted.