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I admit it! I like bright shiny things! (815)
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3. Is it user-friendly?Admittedly, these questions can’t be answered without first spending some time using the technology. However, remaining focused on these questions while playing… I mean investigating can speed the process along. <br />So back to my problem, there’s actually a name for it B.S.O.S (Bright And Shiny Object Syndrome.) According to David Armano (2007) it affects all of us. <br />“You're kidding yourself if you think it doesn't. There's so much pressure to stay up to speed, things change so quickly—that we've become obsessed with the new, newer, latest, greatest, shiny, sparkly, dangling thing. But don't be fooled—It's just as bad to dismiss a trend that we may know very little about just because we're sick and tired of hearing about it.You don't get brighter or shinier than quot;
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. There are so many possibilities—so many opportunities that it's intoxicating. Hence the addiction to it. So what do we do? (para. 5)<br />He’s right, it’s a double-edged sword; we have to fight to control the addiction because you can’t just dismiss a trend (facebook!!!) and you can’t jump in headfirst. <br />I am currently in recovery.<br />References<br />Armano, D. (2007, September 12). A Prescription For Marketers. Logic Emotion. Retrieved October 15, 2010, from http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2007/09/a-perscription-.html<br />Gutsche, B. (2010). Coping with continual motion. Library Journal. Retrieved from https://www.whitelib.emporia.edu:443/articles/1667217.5000/1.HTML<br />