Comments on: Don't be micro-bored

Don't be micro-bored

divabat — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:13:40 -0800

Ever spend a few moments during the day idly mucking about with your cellphone? You're part of a new trend known as micro-boredom - which now presents "a significant opportunity for a publisher to exploit readership and advertising consumption". Get away from the bombardment of advertising and find some sacred space, or just turn off the phone.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:37:26 -0800

Not me. I'm deadly serious about mucking about with my cellphone.

By: proj

proj — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:39:00 -0800

Pretty big leap from mucking about with a cellphone to a "sacred space."

By: DU

DU — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:45:41 -0800

MetaFilter: part of a new trend known as micro-boredom.

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:46:05 -0800

Someday, if man learns to live in peace with his brothers, our distant ancestors will discover intelligent life on a faraway planet. And they will explore the most effective methods of marketing to them.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:55:31 -0800

MetaFilter: part of ~~a new~~ an established trend known as micro-boredom.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:04:03 -0800

While you're writing your witty response to this post, why not take a sip of refreshing Dr Pepper? He didn't earn that degree so you could go thirsty.

By: killdevil

killdevil — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:04:42 -0800

Turn off the phone.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:15:58 -0800

Kill your phone.

By: xorry

xorry — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:29:26 -0800

Eat your phone.

By: public

public — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:38:57 -0800

Phones shouldn't be consumed raw. After turning it off and killing it, stick it in the over for 45 minutes, it will be much tastier.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:46:02 -0800

I'm getting pretty bored with the Scoble/tech crunch hyping the next corporate sponsored "social networking revolution". The only reason Twitter became as popular as it did was because of the ultra-restricted nature of the cellphone "internet" making it impossible for people to communicate en-mass in an unfettered manner. They had to go through providers, which had to negotiate directly with corporate overlords. With newer "more open" handsets coming out, and net neutrality advocates ascending at the FCC, hopefully we should see real network access on devices. But it's something we'll have to fight for. We're not seeing anything new here, just warmed-over crap with more marketing and ads being jammed in our faces. Now the "new media types", having mined the wide open fields bare are reduced to digging through the last little nooks and crannies, trying to scoop up the last tiny drops of attention. It's over folks. People have all the information and entertainment they need.

By: MikeMc

MikeMc — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:46:42 -0800

I was micro-bored while waiting to get my haircut today. I turned on my phone, started idly mucking about and got micro-pissed when I realized that the Tetris game on said phone is only a demo. Fuck you Verizon, fuck you right in your sacred space with a red hot poker you cheap fucks.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:56:34 -0800

Braise your phone in garlic butter.

By: seawallrunner

seawallrunner — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:35:22 -0800

I'm reading this on my iPhone because I was a little bored.

By: MikeMc

MikeMc — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:48:55 -0800

I'm reading this on my iPhone because I was a little bored. If I get macro-bored I'll try reading this on my television via the PS3 web browser. Because nothing is better at curing boredom than trying to web surf using a DualShock 3 as your sole input device.

By: qvantamon

qvantamon — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:50:14 -0800

HURF DURF PHONE EATERS

By: MikeMc

MikeMc — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:11:20 -0800

Because nothing is better at curing boredom than trying to web surf using a DualShock 3 as your sole input device. You know...if you could enable the Sixaxis motion control and the DualShock force feedback it could make for some "interesting" PS3 pr0n surfing. Back to the lab!!!

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:54:37 -0800

Is it bad if I get bored while in my sacred space? I got through about 4 minutes, and I thought of a good joke to text my friends.

By: Araucaria

Araucaria — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:03:36 -0800

Joe Beese: s/ancestors/descendants/

By: Legomancer

Legomancer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:40:03 -0800

If you're not 100% entertained 100% of the time, something is terribly wrong!

By: ohshenandoah

ohshenandoah — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:55:03 -0800

For those micro-moments [waiting in line at post office, doctor's examining room] I read text files on my BB. Longer essays or articles==> File ==> Save As ==> Text. Mobipocket converts them into e-book and transfers them onto BB. Thank you but no thank you to marketing "pushed" in my face.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:59:45 -0800

This thread is boring... hey listen to this new ringtone by the frog people!

By: maltorrance

maltorrance — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:30:10 -0800

are we to pray to Steve Jobs or what?

By: Reverend John

Reverend John — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:36:29 -0800

Araucaria: No, he meant ancestors. After we have lived in peace and harmony for that long, we'll also discover time travel, and recruit our ancestors to market to the aliens, so that we can have more time to browse banner ads on our cell phones.

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:11:32 -0800

I think that I'll alleviate my micro-boredom by plotting ways to make "conspiracy to infiltrate my alone-time with your fucking marketing schemes" punishable by life in solitary.

By: Fupped Duck

Fupped Duck — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:42:30 -0800

>Is it bad if I get bored while in my sacred space? congrats, you have transitioned into the realm of macro-boredom, a mere two subway stops short of catatonic. Beware all sals and adverts, they gots you right at your most marketable.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:56:43 -0800

These so-called "micro-boredom" moments occur in three- to six-minute intervals during the time a consumer is using his or her cell phone. And these intervals, which can occur anywhere from five to 20 times a day, represent a significant opportunity for a publisher to exploit readership and advertising consumption. That is just such a sad way to look at...life.

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:51:21 -0800

I never want to read or hear the phrase "Robert Scoble's social media starfish" ever again.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:29:39 -0800

I never want to read or hear the phrase "Robert Scoble's social media starfish" ever again. Would it help if it was made of chocolate?

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:35:31 -0800

Most assuredly not.