Infographic Love
Every now and then, something pops up that’s kind of tangentially related to the whole relationship thing.
This is one of those times.
Shane Snow, writer and artist, produced a nice little infographic over at Gizmodo that touches on a very important issue: technology and our relationships. In this case, the near-ubiquitous iPhone. It’s good for a laugh… probably because it hits so close to home for many of us who are neck-deep in technology.
Check out When Is It Inappropriate To Use Your iPhone?
So… how often has technology (be it cell phones or video games or TIVO or what have you) caused a problem in your relationship?
Well, it’s a little annoying that after staring for a full 5-seconds at each other with nothing to say over dinner we both whip out the blackberries. But I imagine if we didn’t do that, we’d start griping at each other, so…
And while we were eating Thanksgiving dinner (just the two of us) it did provide some entertaining “Robot Chicken” sketches on-demand that we could laugh about over dry turkey and can-shaped cranberry sauce. (And the dog liked the distraction too, as she thoroughly eyed the rest of the table…)