Yami Gautam Quotes

I have an iPhone. I like it for the camera and the fact that you can have your email and Twitter and all that stuff in one place. However, unlike most men I know, I hate buying new technology.

My name is Dan, and I'm a technoholic.

When I tell children that they are far too dependent on their gizmos, they do not deny it. But they really don't care. This is their real life - texting about trivial things; listening to numbing music on their private headphones. The machines block everything out - you create your own little trivial world.

I don't have a computer - I don't like to get into it that much 'cause it can screw with your head a little.

People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.

I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.

I'm not one of those people that needs to have all of the new gadgets or wants any of that.

In every part of the world with which I am familiar, young people are completely immersed in the digital world - so much so, that it is inconceivable to them that they can, for long, be separated from their devices. Indeed, many of us who are not young, who are 'digital immigrants' rather than 'digital natives,' are also wedded to, if not dependent on, our digital devices.

The first thing I do after waking up is check my phone for news. I like to make sure the world is still here and understand what happened overnight.

Our phones have created what I like to call SADD - Social Attention Deficit Disorder.

I'm not an early adopter of technology unless I consider it absolutely indispensable.

Like Lindsay Lohan and Lauren Conrad, Barack Obama is addicted to his BlackBerry.

I don't like the fact people watch things on their phones and tablets, it kind of hurts my heart.

In my head, I'm a purist that doesn't require anything but a group of good friends and a bottle of wine. In reality, I'm co-dependent on my iPhone and fully conscious of the fact that my attention span is corroding.

I realize how myself and other people have started to almost fool ourselves that it's more important to us and more real than the real world, the offline world, and we value looking at our phone and pixels on a screen more than connecting eye to eye with a human being, which is terrifying to me because we're becoming robots.

I'm talking about some real subjects and issues in my standup. I'm attempting to make a point about technology and how it's changing our society and our lives, and our addiction to social media, and how it affects marriages and relationships.

I actually am a computer nerd.

It's the smartphone that has turned adults and children alike into tech-addicted zombies, dumbly swiping and jabbing at their screens, oblivious to the world around them.

We will hear more regrets from founders of tech companies about the addictive technologies they have launched.

'In Another Time' talks about our addiction to technology.

I may be a gadget freak, but let me tell you clearly, I'm not on Twitter.

To address the open question of whether we are addicted to technological devices and platforms, Congress must understand the current scientific consensus, potential gaps in research, and the best way to build a body of evidence that can inform effective policymaking.

In this day and age, technology has overtaken our lives and we are disconnected from reality.

I write with pen and paper. I don't have a mobile or computer, because I know how great they are. If I did, I'd never leave the house - you'd find me in six months, dead under a pile of pizza boxes.

As parents, we have kids who reflect back to us our addiction to devices, and we have all sorts of worries about whether this is a healthy thing.