Comments on: Learning to Love Technology: My Wife and the iPhone http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/ Sat, 26 May 2012 15:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Madhur http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338308 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:56:27 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338308 Holy crap, This whole sexism thing is sooo over used. My GF does not know jack about computers and iPhone’s, and yes that’s true in most other cases aswell. That’s not got anything to do with gender.
Geeks are very well informed about technology obviously in comparison their partners will not know more about computers than these geeks.
Same as for eg, A female doctors BF won’t know more about medicine than the female. There is no sexism in that.

One fact that people like to label as a sexist statement is – Guys account for atleast 60% or more, when it comes to Geek. That is not a sexist statement. It’s a fact. A sexist comment would be that “a girl can never be a geek”
Stop running away from facts. Racism and Sexism are overused these days.

]]> By: Bondra http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338329 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:45:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338329 What a fun little microcosm of our current cultural life! Harmlessly interesting and well-intentioned little article. It’s immediately leapt upon by representative of the political correctness police, and offense is taken (or at least feigned, because that’s the correct thing to do). Discussion then focuses on the offense and the appropriateness thereof, author feels compelled to weigh in to defend himself, and the article itself is sort of forgotten. Happens constantly. Feh.

]]> By: Partners in Grime http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338307 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:11:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338307 I’m thinking of posting a sticky note on our washing machine: Check all pockets for iPods.

]]> By: Xairbusdriver http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338328 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:13:26 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338328 Great article, must be relevant to many “geeks” of any gender! :-) It will help with showing my very busy wife what else she can do with her 3G. And for an idea of her idea of being a ‘house wife,’ she told the architect to do whatever he wanted with the kitchen of a house we wanted to build. She told him, “That thing is only for resale value!” 8-)

Relax! Life is too short to waste time finding ways to be offended. Instead, look for ways to be helpful to others! I wasted too much of my years holding a mirror in front of me! That just blocked my view of those who really matter in life. ;-)

]]> By: Nick Santilli http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338327 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:13:28 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338327 @zpkat haha, Well now that she realizes that she likes it, I’m sure it’ll be in her future. She always fights me when I want to buy her technology, but loves it once I give it to her.

]]> By: zpkat http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338326 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:09:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338326 Doh! Regardless of how the original phone was messed up, now I’m doubly offended that you not only gave her a hand-me-down, you gave her a potentially imperfect hand-me-down!

I think you can atone for all your evil chauvinistic wrongdoings here by getting her a 3G. The 16G one, in fact, so she doesn’t have to worry about running out of space once she figures out the joys of music and podcasts on the same device as her super-cool phone.

(I fear I have to add that I am totally kidding. Well, about the evil chauvinistic stuff, anyway. She really does deserve the 3G!)

]]> By: Aaron http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338325 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:09:44 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338325 Regardless of the intent of the article, I can relate. My wife is the least technical of people. Which honestly I love about her. Being a network engineer, this is something that I can help her with and feel like I am contributing.

She never had a computer before, but she loves her iphone. So much so that when the 3G came around, I got her the 3G months before I got mine. We sync calendars and contacts with MobileMe as she rarely syncs to the computer. I missed ONE fertility doctor appointment before the MM sign-up. Consider $100 well-spent.

Now she reads news, emails me back!, plays games, reads books with ereader, checks the weather, stays more informed, mostly loves taking and sharing pictures. No other gadget would have enticed her into the realm of tech. I am not an Apple Fanboi (my new iMac seems to run very slow compared to the Windows XP I normally run), but Apple did this right. Tech and non-tech alike love this thing. There are bad things, sure- cut and paste- but overall both my wife and I both agree that the iphone is the most useful THING we own, dollar for dollar.

]]> By: Nick Santilli http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338311 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:03:27 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338311 Well thank to all for the comments – it’s been…interesting. :)

As for the ‘Hand Me Down” original iPhone, I deliberately left out the reality behind THAT situation – She was so nice to wash some of my jeans one afternoon (before I was ready to have them washed) and didn’t realize my iPhone was in the pocket… So I was forced to get a new one that afternoon. A week later after letting it dry, we fired the original up and it worked!! So that’s the story of how she got it – I thought it more kind-hearted to leave the incriminating part out, but since you asked… ;)

]]> By: zpkat http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338324 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:00:30 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338324 Yipes. Female geek here who has worked in engineering boys clubs for years but has been fortunate to avoid a lot of the gender inequity other women have had to deal with. I was the boss in many of those situations, so maybe that helped. Or maybe I just ignored it. But I know it absolutely exists, so I’m usually hyper-sensitive to offensive gender stuff (just ask my husband!). But I honestly didn’t see anything too bad in the article. If anything, I’d take more offense at the absent-minded calendar comments than the first paragraph, but really, that stuff applies to everyone.

I guess the first paragraph could have been lifted so that it leaves out the generalizations. But I don’t know, I’m not getting too exercised about it. Interesting perspectives though!

Oh, and I’m glad your wife is finally seeing the life-changing benefits of the iPhone. Frankly, I think the worst part of the story is that you made her take your hand-me-down original. Now that she’s seen the light, are you going to seal the deal and upgrade her to a 3G? :)

]]> By: Richard Dalziel-Sharpe http://gigaom.com/apple/learning-to-love-technology-my-wife-and-the-iphone/#comment-338310 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:47:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13533#comment-338310 It is hilarious to see all of the politically correct humourless comments here. Take a break, have a laugh.
I am 68 and my wife is 65. I bought my first computer, a Mac when I was 54, and I bought a white iBook for my wife in 2002. She had never used a computer before, so it was up to me to educate her. NOT because I am a geek or that she was a 1950s style “housewife”, but simply because I had the advantage of experience. At our age, she still teaches me things and I teach her. We are a team and happy in our learning. I am pretty sure that the relationship that Nick has with his wife is something like ours, and they both are better for it.

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