Laptop intimacy
by Miki SaxonA Business Week article way back in 2004 talked about the dangers of the over-wired. In April I wrote Think, dream, innovate about the reasons to unplug and all the good things that happen when you do.
But for all of you who can’t live without your laptop, I’ve got great news. According to some of the experts quoted in a NY Times article yesterday, laptops in bed increase intimacy, and even more so when you each have one. This priceless research comes on top of a February report in the WSJ on wired bathrooms.
Of course, being a Luddite-leaning dinosaur, I don’t agree, but so what? You can keep a copy of the article in your wallet and use it to justify having your laptop (or whatever) always with you and always on.
TGIF to couples everywhere—now you can play with your computer instead of each other. Whoo hoo.