Well... my point wasn't that you can't use your phone, just that it's silly to be a slave to it. I don't care if people want to use Instagram and I didn't see the Chiefs video.

I guess I don't really see it as "hipster technologist" because it seems rather obvious to me. I think it does to a lot of people whose phones are primarily a utility and only a toy when they want a distraction (waiting at the DMV).

I guess it's good that people are waking up to the fact that they need not let technology be more in charge of ones life than themselves.

Sorry, my comments were not really directed at your points only motivated by them and were a response to those of the orginal blog post.

I'm curious though, did you ever evaluate wp7/wp8? Microsoft was pushing in its marketing message that it was designed to solve this very problem, live tile updates, at-a-glance utility rather than deep distraction, etc.

I've never found Android, the OS, to be distracting. I'm a swipe and a tap away from any notification. I prefer it, no doubt because I'm used to it, but all the same. With the new lock screen widgets, I'm pretty sure it's faster/directer access than any other mobile OS.

I never really got those ads, you get what you put into your phone. I think the people that spend a bunch of time on their phone are spending the time because they're choosing to be on it. It's not like my brother stares at his iPhone all the time because he's looking for his bosses email... it's because he's texting, or playing a game or lazily streaming music via youtube, etc.