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About 20 years ago, I wrote a scene in which a character was sitting in the dark waiting (to look at lighting cues for a theatre production) and passing the time by working the NY Times crossword puzzle by penlight while listening to music by Philip Glass on his Walkman
If I update the setting to 21st century, would it make more sense for him to be doing something on a smartphone instead? What would give the same sense of elitest intellectualism? For a guy who doesn't particularly enjoy technology for its own sake, though.
Also, a couple hours later he will have been alerted to the possibility that someone is stalking him. Are there any smartphone apps that could clue him in that someone accessed information about him electronically?
If I update the setting to 21st century, would it make more sense for him to be doing something on a smartphone instead? What would give the same sense of elitest intellectualism? For a guy who doesn't particularly enjoy technology for its own sake, though.
Also, a couple hours later he will have been alerted to the possibility that someone is stalking him. Are there any smartphone apps that could clue him in that someone accessed information about him electronically?