For starters I'd like to recognise that belonging to this forum does indicate a certain affinity for tech and that most members here are willing to embrace innovation and off-the-wall ideas.
However, what do you guys think about Google Glass? Or specifically "Glass-holes"?
Glass itself is interesting enough, and just to emphasise: I don't necessarily oppose it.
What really grinds my gears are users who feel that that are pioneers or ushering in the holy grail of technology, and that even passive opposition makes one a luddite.
I read a post on gawker this morning that got to me:
Example: http://valleywag.gawker.com/gl*******s-use-google-to-destroy-a-restaurants-rating-1580779355
A customer is asked to remove her Google Glass while eating at the request of patrons who feel uncomfortable at the thought of being recorded. I admit that it is debatable whether or not that concern is justifiable, though the reaction was uncalled for. Said customer leaves the restaurant, trashes it online and directs her thousand plus following on Google+ (people actually use this?) to do the same. They comply and as a result the rating of said restaurant falls.
The self entitlement is astonishing. It is genuinely rage inducing to think that these glass holes feel self righteous in their actions. Behaviour like this puts them firmly in the Prius camp.
However, what do you guys think about Google Glass? Or specifically "Glass-holes"?
Glass itself is interesting enough, and just to emphasise: I don't necessarily oppose it.
What really grinds my gears are users who feel that that are pioneers or ushering in the holy grail of technology, and that even passive opposition makes one a luddite.
I read a post on gawker this morning that got to me:
Example: http://valleywag.gawker.com/gl*******s-use-google-to-destroy-a-restaurants-rating-1580779355
A customer is asked to remove her Google Glass while eating at the request of patrons who feel uncomfortable at the thought of being recorded. I admit that it is debatable whether or not that concern is justifiable, though the reaction was uncalled for. Said customer leaves the restaurant, trashes it online and directs her thousand plus following on Google+ (people actually use this?) to do the same. They comply and as a result the rating of said restaurant falls.
The self entitlement is astonishing. It is genuinely rage inducing to think that these glass holes feel self righteous in their actions. Behaviour like this puts them firmly in the Prius camp.
