With the rise of smart phones and the constant acceleration of technology, it is now acceptable and "fashionable" to be immersed in your phone while having a conversation with someone in person. Recently at South by Southwest, David Carr hosted a panel called, "I'm So Productive, I Never Get Anything Done," which was about how so many people are constantly on Facebook, Twitter, blog sites, email, and many other media outlets, rather than doing what they care about or what they are getting paid for. Anthony De Rosa, a product manager and programmer at Reuters, said that technology is causing a decrease in human courtesy and respect. The rest of the audience appeared to agree with De Rosa. It seems that when out with friends or colleges, there is a constant battle between a real face-to-face connection and the conncections in the palm of your hand. Even when a group of people are together, they are in their own world, separately on their own devices. So, how do we bring back face-to-face conversation?
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