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The Risks and Dangers of Early Technology Adoption

Matt Pierce | TechSmith Corporation | @piercemr

My Wife Laughed at Me

Not my wife

My wife would not allow for her picture to be used for this presentation.

Tempting to wear at Conferences

Cool it takes pictures… of me, when others are wearing it.

When I wanted to be noticed

How I thought I might look… but I felt like…

I am from the mid-west

I don’t not necessarily endorse all the views of this map. However, generally, the mid-west seemed about right.

I lived in Canada. So Sorry. Eh. A lot.

Wear them biking.

Lack of constant Internet

Work Wifi wouldn’t work

Apple iPhone user.

People started to get beat-up

My kids wanted to play

If they broke… yikes

What part of my life would you like to see?

She was okay for the left pic, I snuck in the right one.

Who texts or calls me?

Ummm…. No one.

Not much personal email

Boring, boring, boring.

I already wear glasses

I don’t like wearing glasses

Don’t want to be seen as the creeper with the recording glasses

I have been called many names

Glasshole The only font appropriate for a word like this is Comic San MS

Wearables will probably change every,

just not yet for me.