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There was a time when I didn’t go anywhere without my button collection. I had them on my bookbag, and some on my jacket, and some more on my shirt. One of them said Have a nice day elsewhere. There were many, many others.

I saw a 9-year-old boy last weekend who wouldn’t go anywhere without his Magic cards. They never did it for me, but I understood.

I saw a grown man yesterday in the airport carrying a CD walkman and a collection of 50 CDs. That’s a lot of weight to carry around with you. Sure, he could get an iPod, but we’re not solving the real problem here.

At one point in my life, and maybe yours too, I couldn’t go anywhere without a pack of cigarettes.

And when you quit smoking, did you start checking your email obsessively?

It’s probably worth exploring when don’t became can’t.

Rosencrantz: There must have been a moment… in the beginning… when we could have said… No. Somehow we missed it. Well, we’ll know better next time.

Email is so passé. Now you carry your news around with you. 100, 500, 1000+ feeds, in 9 incompatible formats and counting.

When I’m old, here’s how I’m going to describe the early 21st century: We were always having to provide people with content.

- Kevin Fanning

Don’t worry. It’s a phase. You’ll grow out of it.

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