When Media Collide


Flip Phone Thoughtless Act
Originally uploaded by stribs(((or maybe, "when media collude.")))

"When eating alone in a restaurant, I'll often read a book, but when my food comes, I don't have a free hand to hold the book. Recently, I picked up my cell phone, opened it, and placed it on the book where it proved the perfect weight to keep the book both open and flat."

(((From the IDEO "thoughtless acts" group on FlickR, which catalogs little unconscious interaction hustles and workarounds that people improvise to get through their days.)))