Les esctoy writing from a hotel restaurant, covering the HP Institute Acapulco – many new features, but they speak of their time. The article you’ve caught me in the middle of breakfast, and I have had to move the plates to make room to the computer. Yes, like many of you, the undersigned has the ugly habit of eating food off your computer .
The excuse that I always use is the lack of time. But to be honest, is an act that has made me normal. The technology has substantially changed our eating habits . Let’s start with the kitchen space where the cuisine is now unthinkable without the aid of equipment. We are unable to prepare anything more complicated than a sandwich without the support of appliances. The microwave went from being a suspected bomb carcinogenic to become the ally of the kitchen fast. Stopped seeming food: soups, dehydrated and plastic packages complement the nutritional pyramid geek average. Technology often robs the food of his artistic side to turn it into mere technique. It’s a matter of economy and practicality: the time of preparation of food is wasted .
The food consumption is also prey to technological change. For a long time, eating without the presence of television was almost comparable to eating alone . Now the computer has become another companion of the feeder. The act of feeding and work simultaneously responds to a need for optimum use of time, even at the risk of strain on the keyboard crumbs or spilled liquids on your computer (if you know my computer!).
These changes directly affect the food industry: nowadays it is more common to find restaurants offering wireless services . No need to bring food to the workspace, just move the computer to where we had lunch. Deserve special mention cafeterias. It is increasingly common to find people staring at the monitor while sipping a cup of coffee. Entertaining dialogue is replaced by the absorption computational . This type of establishment has become a sanctuary for laptop users.
While eating at the computer seems in bad taste, has an unusual background: the need for familiarity with technology has led us to share with it social activity par excellence . Unfortunately, it deprives the act of eating your community college, its potential as a partner and facilitator, in order to gain time and space to work. This alienation is the price we pay for allowing the computer to sit with us at the table. Now apologize, dear reader, so abruptly that closing the entrance, but the laptop apagaré a time to socialize a bit with colleagues around a coffee.
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