tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post4811534552879221993..comments2023-10-16T04:31:56.169-05:00Comments on the Cucking Stool: Next Generation parks: there's an app for that?Spothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320639130804814361noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-5242040073584826712010-12-06T22:22:17.000-06:002010-12-06T22:22:17.000-06:00Great question on an important topic. The new Ver...Great question on an important topic. The new Vermilion State Park is the right place to begin exploring this breaking issue, given what I'm guessing will involve a lot of stationary camping in a laboratory of nature. On the one hand, with applications that expand the learning, and by extension, the conversation, would fantastically enhance the experience. But the author is right, the John Hakesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-80003919307183626852010-12-06T23:21:45.000-06:002010-12-06T23:21:45.000-06:00I know about the iPad app, it's really neat. A...I know about the iPad app, it's really neat. All joking aside, I'm as much of a gearhead as anybody. But I watched my teenage nephew spend half a weekend texting until his batteries died once, and it stuck with me. I just think there ought to be spaces to get away from that, even if it is in a siliconized nylon tent and 800 fill DWR sleeping bags.Aaron Klemznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-69703097209938755912010-12-06T23:10:34.000-06:002010-12-06T23:10:34.000-06:00use iPad apps to tell us the names of the celestia...<em>use iPad apps to tell us the names of the celestial bodies we’re espying</em><br /><em></em><br />That's not the future. That already exists.<br /><br />Me, I'm still pissed at people who bring their pre-made nylon tents and coolers of food out to the woods. What happened to enjoying nature by spending a weekend building a lean-to with fallen branches and catching slow-moving DiscordianStoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-15643977876695703762010-12-06T22:02:41.000-06:002010-12-06T22:02:41.000-06:00I think that any place that already allows cabins ...I think that any place that already allows cabins or gift shops should allow Wi-Fi in the cabins and gift shops. But places that are still wild should stay wild.Phoenix Womannoreply@blogger.com