Many of us have done it, have seen other people do it, or will do it ourselves in the near future. No, I’m not talking about people texting while driving, texting while eating, or even texting while biking (yes, I have seen people do all three). I’m talking about people texting while walking.

I like to call these people text zombies. I use the zombie analogy because if you ever walk behind someone who’s texting, you’ll notice that they walk in a straight line, even if there’s an obstruction right in front of them—strangely akin to the flesh eating zombies in the movies whose zombiness seems to somehow hamper their sense of navigation and general motor skills (perhaps it’s the fact their brains have decayed since they’ve been dead so long?). Continue Reading…