{"id":18549,"date":"2010-05-30T02:56:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T01:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=18549"},"modified":"2010-05-30T02:56:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T01:56:42","slug":"the-ancient-art-of-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/the-ancient-art-of-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ancient Art of Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The following is by G. A . “Andy” Marken, President of Marken Communications<\/span><\/a> Inc. He has kindly given us permission to republish his thought-provoking commentary. As with everything that we publish at AlienBabelTech, the opinions expressed are solely those of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and the opinions of the rest of the ABT staff.<\/span><\/span> <\/span> \u2013Mark Poppin,<\/span> ABT Senior Editor<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Your Hardware Selection Depends on \u201cTheir\u201d Ecosystems <\/span><\/h1>\n
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\u201cI found a cure for the plague of the 20th century, and now I’ve lost it!<\/em> \u2013 Dr. Robert Campbell\/Sean Connery, Medicine Man (1992) \u2013 Cinergi Pictures<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Today, two things seem to define who you are\u2026your significant other and your computing device.<\/p>\n

One is (hopefully<\/em>) permanent, the other changing.<\/p>\n

Hint<\/strong> — the device is the one that should <\/em><\/strong>change more frequently.<\/p>\n

You can (and probably do) have several devices.\u00a0 They don\u2019t seem to mind when you prefer one over the other or when another enters your life.\u00a0 Try that in your personal relationship and it will go over like a lead balloon!<\/p>\n

We came to that epiphany when our son just had to have one of those new tablets for school and other stuff.<\/p>\n

That was the same line he used when he \u201cneeded\u201d:<\/p>\n