Why do people choose new mobile technology?
The paper by Dourish et al shows new approach to the relationship between mobility and technology. I pretty much like the last and this week’s topic because it makes me be able to understand social phenomena and technologies with a diverse point of view. Obviously, our today’s life is surrounded by new technologies which support mobility as a main feature. However, the technologies provide us not only more convenient and active life style but also create a social gap between people who use those technologies and people who is not inspired to use new technologies. I think most people who are not interested in the new technologies think that they do not need those technologies because new technologies are designed for limited domain of people. So, I completely agree with Dourish’s ideas that designing “for mobility” must be design for a host if different potential mobilities.
In addition to the Dourish’s paper’s ideas, I think we also have to concern about people who have accepted new technology as a part of their life style. Are they completely satisfied by the new technologies? Are they using mobile technologies because they really want it? In my case, for example, I am continuously bothered by new mobile technologies. In many times, I really don’t want to take my laptop to somewhere because it is very heavy, and I have to pay attention to my expensive devices. And what if my laptop is broken down by accident? I’ll lose every important data, and I have to spend a lot of time to set new system up. But, in many times, it is required to take my laptop to some places. That’s why I'm using a laptop and I feel like I’m continuously bothered by technology. Thus, I think we also have to concern about why they use new technology, when they are encouraged to adopt new technology, and how they think about new technology.