I’ve been embarrassed to admit the tactic (and still am), but a study highlighted this week by author and tech writer Clive Thompson suggests my deceitful behavior may be a perfectly rational insurance policy against seeming careless or incompetent in cases when I’m really just short on time or unwilling to make it. “Sent from my iPhone” is no longer just a pretentious sign-off (though it’s that, too). It’s acquired a more practical purpose.
The 19-character disclaimer, with its implications of movement, speed and on-the-fly response, not only excuses typos, but offers a free pass on including any sort of detail or depth to a message. The same devices we use to keep in touch with one another — and to make ourselves available at all times — are coming to our rescue when we want to avoid each other.
“People now see it as an excuse or cloak,” said Maggie Jackson, author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age, of the iPhone signature. “It’s definitely not only a means of communication, but it’s also a means of escape from richer, deeper and in-the-face communication.”
- Why I Include ‘Sent From My iPhone’ — Even When It’s Not, by Bianca Bosker, HuffingtonPost.com, August 28, 2013.
3. Jose Mourinho knew exactly what he was doing last Friday night when he dredged up match-fixing in relation to Antonio Conte .
Mourinho is a clever guy. He will know well that the Chelsea manager was, in fact, acquitted of all charges in relation to his alleged involvement in Italian football’s Calcio Scommese crisis.
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