Comments on: Now Watch This: ‘We Live in Public’

By: Kathi McGraw

Kathi McGraw — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:42:30 +0000

All I can say is… how pathetic our society has become!

By: Robert Stribley

Robert Stribley — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:38:52 +0000

I know what you mean, Allison. I went camping this weekend and somehow managed not to tweet, blog or make an update on Facebook most of the time. I think I even went for one stretch of over 24 hours – without any symptoms of withdrawal. ;)

By: Allison

Allison — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:33:29 +0000

Ok, well, that makes more sense. I wanted to attend opening night, but I guess now I’m glad I couldn’t make it.

On another note, related to escape, I recently went on vacation and stayed away from technology so much that I only took 3 photos in 6 days. When I got home, I realized how relaxed I felt from thinking only about myself with the goal of staying focused on my own personal enjoyment, and not documenting my enjoyment for the purpose of even potentially sharing with others.

By: Robert Stribley

Robert Stribley — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:24:23 +0000

You raise an excellent point about cell phone etiquette, Allison, and normally I wouldn’t use my phone at all during a movie. However, in the spirit of that night’s debut, the director Ondi Timoner asked us before showing her documentary to silence our phones, but to leave them on. She then explicitly asked us to feel free to tweet during the film.

So my tweet was in direct response to her request and was specifically related to the content I’m aware of publishing (in semi-public) on Facebook. The irony of my participation in the event wasn’t lost on me.

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By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:07:25 +0000

Robert, halfway through the film you got out your cellphone and sent a tweet to people about your experience during the movie?

How ironic that you felt so compelled to update other people – strangers – on the status of your life, during a documentary about people getting their 15 min of fame.

And, no disrespect, but…sending texts during movies is bad etiquette and rude.

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