I forget who My Lunch Date, the OTBKB reader I met for lunch at Flatbush Farm except it was closed and we ended up at the wonderful Brooklyn Fish Farm, told me about this piece on Andy Bachman’s blog. We were talking about the pros and cons of technology and the way that it can speed things up but not necessarily improve the quality of life. He also mentioned a new book he said is in the window of the Community Bookstore called "The Cult of the Amateur." I’m glad I searched out Andy Bachman’s post. Here’s an excerpt from Kaddish for Blackberry. Read more here:

That pesky little creature has left me. It stopped working, like ET’s
failing inner heart, moments before we boarded the plane to Israel in
early July. (Practically a sentient being in its own right, I think it sensed that
I was moving from denial to acceptance over the death of the idea:
being available 24-7. It’s just not sustainable for a guy like me.)