Why have I not linked to banter-latte before?

[cdave]

The other day the Google blog observed that "fewer teens are wearing watches now because they use their phones to tell time instead"

I'd been wondered about that myself a while ago. Fortunately I knew an author who was looking explain, the mythology of mobile phones and other modern fairy tales.

I don't normally read Fantasy, but I really enjoyed these. So I can only make obvious comparison to Gaiman's stuff where you're being shown the gritty stuff that lays just below and around our realities.


I guess I ought to link to the other question I asked: Who are those people who don’t get off when a train reaches the end of the line? It's a long answer, a little bit sentimental, and definitely worth reading.

I'm really not sure why I didn't link to this at the time. The site's not been updated in a while, but Eric can only follow his muses prodding.

He has been updating Websnark (his non-fiction site) periodically again, so fingers crossed.

Comments

[stevegreen.livejournal.com]

I have three watches. I rarely wear any of them. And yes, I have used my mobile as a watch on rare occasions, but this ia for convenience rather than a cultural fad.

[cdave]

No, that's why you think you do.

The real reason is that the Intendant of What Time Is It? fell out with the Master of the Wristwatch, and started seeing the Proconsul of Portable Telephony. < /spoiler >

but read the story, rather than the spoiler.