Different routes I can take with the app

you know technology is making you lazy when...
couch potato syndrom...
technology couch potato 
lazy potato 
confessions of a couch potato 
couch potato tracker - put in data and can monitor how lazy you are being, trying to use social media less etc 

monitors the amount of time you're on your phone 
wouldn't necessarily use It 
defeats the point if on phone 


just shows the social interactions you have 
put the apps you use and the alternatives and see like a pie chart of what you use most - like a couch potato rating 

put in your date of what you use and it will come up with a couch potato rating - this signifies the problem and may give you a suggestion afterwards to what to do better etc 

website - like those one page ones 

where the audience - people benefit the most - likely to see online 

share with your friends etc 

could be a quiz

which ones would you most relate to you - less put info is this, which route would you take etc 

more approachable if less scientific - less bad if not putting in how many hours 
come up with scenarios - more fun

different rankings - different tips 

share with you friends - awareness can be shared 


being lazy - something about all the things we can achieve from the comfort of our home etc - such as ordering ..... different services, different apps, or like from one seat I can....

social media has caused us to be a lazy generation - for example talking to someone online when they are right next to us etc or calling for someone to come when in the same house etc


the illustrator - good example
the book from Amsterdam - good example

couch potato

the issue - technology had caused us to be a lazy generation
couch potato series - all the things we can achieve from the comfort of the sofa etc
have it be a friend or another veg which is doing all the other things etccc

like showing the difference on a poster - don't be .... be


using humour...

could be saying - if you're going to sit down for a long amount of time - might as well be on this sofa
an app - coach potato alert - can like track how long you have even sat down etc or tracking how many 'lazy apps you have used' , can limit time on social media

the app that already exists

constructing something just for Instagram

Be sure to note the interrelationships between medium, message and distribution.

saying how it is condratdictive but spreads awareness better
more engaging - questions could be like scenario based like if this happens what do you do....
more quiz like less tracker , having a rating is more engaging.



I am convinced that technology is making us lazy. Once upon a time, visiting a friend or family member meant traveling; nowadays we are satisfied with a few minutes on FaceTime or Skype. We friend and defriend people from social networks without actually meeting them. Our photographs are digitized, which allows us to keep what we want and delete the rest. We can order food and groceries online without leaving home. What makes technology even more fascinating is that it evolves so fast that we have trouble finding ways to take advantage of it. And as we get lazier, we expect technology get simpler. With this in mind, I came up with a few observations of how technology is making us lazy:

• If you call a friend’s cell phone and he doesn’t answer immediately, and you wonder where he is; technology is making you lazy.
• If you set aside time to pay your bills online, technology is making you lazy.
• If you blame your GPS for sending you to a dead end street, technology is making you lazy.
• If you use Facebook to send holiday cards, technology is making you lazy.
• If your kids consider Wikipedia a reliable resource for term papers, technology is making them lazy.
• If family time involves everyone sitting together in the living room playing Candy Crush on their smartphone, technology is making you lazy.
• If writing to your mother involves sending a text message, technology is making you lazy.
• Last but not least (and this is true for me): If you call your father in the living room from your bedroom because you don’t want get out of bed, technology is making you lazy.

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