Posted by
glen ropella on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Android-Choice-tp6944832p6952769.html
Not only do I have different uses for different devices, like you I also
have different uses for multiple instances of the same device, and
multiple uses for the same instance of a device!
My current experiment consists of 3 Google+ identities: 1) work, 2)
personal, 3) brewing. Google's stupid "real name" policy makes it
interesting because I get people who intend to follow my work
personality will put my brewing personality in their circles. Then I'll
follow them back with my work personality. The experiment is a partial
success. I'm getting better at switching my phone's personality to
match what I'm doing at the time.
It's long baffled me why people use their personal e-mails for business
comm (cf.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_White_House_e-mail_controversy) or
work e-mails for personal business. I screw up once in awhile and do
that by accident, but by and large, my person is split. I'm thinking
about trying to get 3 Google Voice numbers for my 3 personalities,
though I don't know if they'd like that.
Having said all that, I do find it very tempting to treat the phone the
same way I treat my computers. Namely, it would be nice to have
different logins for different purposes on the phone just like I do for
my computers. But I'm certainly _not_ tempted to use my AppleTV like my
Mini, my phone like my playstation, or my server like my laptop. [grin]
ERIC P. CHARLES wrote circa 11-11-01 11:05 AM:
> To deviate a touch, and head a bit back towards a past thread... how
> many of us are there left who use their different devices for different
> purposes?
>
> I like that my computer at work has totally different bookmarks than my
> laptop, which has totally different bookmarks than my cell phone...
> because I use them for different things. Sometimes I even have my laptop
> sitting out next to my desktop at work so that I can do different tasks
> on a computer that I have set up to do those tasks. I would think having
> all my digital devices that much alike (the same programs, the same
> features, the same settings, etc., etc., etc.) would make you wonder why
> you have so many devices.
>
> Any thoughts from the other side of the (digital) ecological divide?
--
glen
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