WSJ on Couples & Technology
Ellen Gamerman from the The Wall Street Journal talked to couples about how they share technology (including Netflix queues), 'Til Tech Do Us Part.
Waking up at 5 a.m., while his wife and daughter are still asleep, he pads into the darkened kitchen, logs onto his computer and changes the Netflix order to put his favorite movies on top. He knows the warehouse ships the movies by about 7 a.m., so by the time his wife realizes what he's done, it'll be too late. "It's not grounds for murder, but it is irritating," Ms. De Chellis says.Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings says squabbles like that prompted the company to create his and hers queues under one account. Different family members can each get his or her top-choice movies at the same time. "For a while, it was the No. 1 request for change," Mr. Hastings says.
How do you share e-mail, queues, etc?
Me and my spouse have a queue.
Interestingly:
My profile (sub-profile) has the drag-n-drop queue. Her profile (main account) does not!!!
It has been this way for over 3 weeks since I got it.
Posted by:BoB | August 08, 2007 at 12:53 PM
"Waking up at 5 a.m., while his wife and daughter are still asleep, he pads into the darkened kitchen, logs onto his computer..."
That's too bad. Whenever I wake up at 5 a.m., I bang my girlfriend and go back to sleep.
If that's married life then either get a mistress, start taking the blue pill or do both.
Posted by:Edward R Murrow | August 08, 2007 at 10:31 PM