Re: "It's a cool gadget and I have fun wearing it in public."
Having a camera pointed in your general direction is enough to give most people pause. I have really bad anxiety, and if someone wearing Glass looks in my direction, I will be made incredibly uncomfortable. It's the kind of thing that makes me want to never leave my house. Not saying you should live your life based on how I feel, but I think people who wear GG should at least be aware of the (great) potential for making others feel uncomfortable.
Absolutely. So I do things like put them on top of my head when entering restaurants, public restrooms, and small social gatherings. Anything that isn't intimate is fair game. If its not "rude" to walk around with your phone out, Google Glass is fair game.
IF someone wearing google glass looks 180 degrees within your direction and you get anxiety - that's a personal issue. IF Google Glass makes you never want to leave your house - then you live in San Fran when you shouldn't, or you have an irrational fear.
On top of that, for every 1 person that has an irrational fear of Google Glass, there are 99 people who are enthralled by it. So, democracy and all that.
Sure! I am probably biased, but I have been following Artemy and his studio from the early 2000s. He publishes semi-random notes on design, some of them influenced by realities of a post-Soviet state. Here is a link to the book: http://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/
I have to sleep a little more (paradoxically for a stimulant, but this is how it works). Occasionally I feel more irritated (when I do, it's better to use half-dose or skip the meds the next day). But the benefits are much more numerous.
The example you used for clever wordplay, "gloominati," is actually considered a portmanteau word. It's the result of combining multiple words to create a new word. (I say this not to be a pedant, but because I learned the term recently and was amused that we actually have a word for it.)
Yes, portmanteaus are exactly what I was meaning by "clever wordplay". English isn't my primary language so it's hard to remember the right word sometimes, sorry for that. :)
It isn't selfish of someone to have had a mental illness that drove them to commit suicide. I'm sorry for your loss, but I disagree with your assessment of suicide being a selfish act.
With the exception of the last one, every instance of "their" in your post should have been "there." I say this not to be a pedant, but because it made your otherwise good post difficult to read.
Having a camera pointed in your general direction is enough to give most people pause. I have really bad anxiety, and if someone wearing Glass looks in my direction, I will be made incredibly uncomfortable. It's the kind of thing that makes me want to never leave my house. Not saying you should live your life based on how I feel, but I think people who wear GG should at least be aware of the (great) potential for making others feel uncomfortable.