Mom's At the Laptop Again
I really like this article from Steve Rubel’s Micropersuasion blog. He asserts that the livingroom with the big t.v. in the corner is no longer the hub of the household (remember when Mom served up one of those aluminum-wrapped Swanson’s and presented it to you as your eyes were glued to the set?).
Sure there are big screens and plasma screens to clog up your livingroom. But today, the social hub is where the computer resides. For me, that’s by the heating vent in my bedroom, laptop on lap. My kids know that’s where they’ll find me. I never bother with the “idiot box.” It never sends me messages and, as Rubel points out, wasn’t even the first to tell me Benazir Bhutto was killed.
Where’s your computer/laptop situated? Chances are, the rest of the family knows where it is…and where to find you.
