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But nobodys talking to one another. instead theyre just texting. youre texting each other? >> yes. >> i do that with my mom. me and my mom go out, i text my mom. >> reporter: next, two women eating lunch together, one of them cannot stop looking at her phone. does that bother you? >> got to stay connected. not at all. >> you have to check everything out. >> anything that you should check right now. >> no, not right now. >> reporter: but its not just dining and texting, its walking, too. this win...

First thing. >> i think i do that a lot. last week abc news tech contributor daniel sieberg, he released this book and its called "digital diet" and its for people like me, apparent ly. >> it is. and the ipad. what better person to go out and bust people who are using gadgets in all the wrong places? dan harris reports. >> reporter: everywhere you look, you see it, fingers stuck on keyboards, phones seemingly glued to ears, walking while typing and then falling. face it, we are addicted to our t...

>> im one of those -- its somehow ridiculously addicted and missing the world because ive got this thing in my hand. >> reporter: and just like at hard rock this man is walking with friends but is not paying any attention to them as he text away. >> you caught me this one time. >> reporter: and finally in central park, arguably the most beautiful park in the world, nature cannot seem to compare to those tiny little screens. >> i just received a text, yes but im in the park. >> beautiful sunny da...

See how the national guard had to take precautions to rescue them. but they made it. thats the good news. and also confronting an addiction to electronic devices. what to do when you just cant leave that iphone, your blackberry alone. were getting some very helpful advice from our tech contributor daniel sieberg. a lot of people will be happy to see this, including me. i hope my husband sees it because hes totally addicted to the blackberry. >> the first thing that you check when you wake up. ...

Plan to break your tech addiction and regain balance in your life is exactly that. im joined by the books author, daniel sieberg. >> i love to have this conversation. i just need to update my facebook page, then we can have the conversation. >> thats our told daniel. you had to go through a 28-day program. >> the book is driven by a personal theirive because i love technology and i want other people to love it, too, not put it in a blender. at some point i realized it was too much and i almost n...

Now in the middle of the night sitting on the next big thing, your big idea. maybe youve got the best idea for an invention that will change the world and youre just waiting for somebody to help you get it off of the ground. >> well we have the guys whole do just that for you. daniel sieberg techs it out. >> reporter: as it turns out there are still some good ideas for new products out there. actually, a considerable number of them. some of which get sent to quirky.com every day. >> 300 to 600 p...

You have access to. a problem with twitter and facebook? so many people are addicted to facebook. >> for me it was. i became way too obsessed with my identity on social networks so i was crafting this almost alter ego to my virtual self on the networks and exposing too much of my investment i felt like that person, that daniel sieberg online wasnt the real me. it became very overwhelming, and i quit so i actually got out of social networks for almost a year which was a revelation for me. >> how ...

Things. exercises and tips and meant to be fun. i hold myself up as someone who has struggled with this. im not trying to pretend that im perfect, but i think all of us can relate. >> its great. i have my own copy now and ive sign it had. >> can get it as an e-book. thats okay as part of the digital diet. >> daniel sieberg, good luck with it. talk with you again. >> it is on. call it war of the peeps. some people littered friends yard with hundreds of hundreds of peeps, that tasty sugary treat. ...

It sounds like a lot and daniel sieberg wants to meet the man and check it out. >> reporter: the lyrics in hip-hop music often tells a story. sometimes theyre controversial, sometimes theyre nonsensical. sometimes they help shape a generation. for this man, hip-hop lyrics have become his digital life with the hip-hop word count. where did the idea for hip-hop word count come from? >> i was sitting in my car and a song came on the radio and i was talking to a friend of mine and the song was -- it...

Would it take you? >> a couple hours. maybe an hour. i mean it really is easy to use. you could use an accountant, still, if you need to. but this really shows you everything and you get all the deductions you need. >> daniel sieberg, good to see you. thank you for coming in. >> again, were watching for john boehner to speak. when he does, we want to get some information on where they stand on the budget. we also want the answer to that mega millions mystery. what happened to the worker who didn...