And, frankly, I was ticked about it. I didn’t ask for the phone books. I don’t want or need phone books. I don’t even have a Bell South account. All those books represent to me are a giant waste of resources.
Before you freak out about those who aren’t tech savvy needing the phone book, there’s always 311 and 411. And, let’s face it, if all else fails they can call someone who is tech savvy or visit the library and ask them to look up contact information for them.
So, what about you? Do you use a printed phone book for anything anymore or do you think it’s obsolete?
Further reading: Is it time to get rid of phone books?
This article appears in Aug 25 – Sep 1, 2009.
It sounds great to have local information about goods and services at your fingertips. However, not everyone has a computer always on or an IPhone. Have you seen the unemployment numbers lately – they can’t afford them. Looking for a local business online can be tricky, the databases are not updated annually, as print products are – many local business cannot afford to compete in the keyword bidding -so how do we support local businesses? Once your $ are spent on Google for the month you no longer pop up – so that is a great way for more places to go out of business.
Cool post I will continue to look out for anymore of your future posts.