I think that texting is the modern technology about which I feel most out of the loop. Truthfully, I'm just not a chatter, so don't feel much need to text. The "older people" (ie: my age or older) I know who text usually start as a way to communicate with their teenagers. Since my son is only 9, I haven't felt that need yet. Maybe when he starts middle school?
Twitter, of course, seems like texting writ large, with people needing to broadcast what they're doing moment to moment. This too is something I can't imagine needing to do myself or wanting to read others do, but who knows? The Washington Post's John Kelly had a good column about just this on Thursday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/02/AR2009090203664.html
Okay, now that I'm feeling a bit like Andy Rooney, I think I'll sign off. Enough blogging for one day!
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Week 1, thing#4
13 years ago
Agree with you on texting--I can't even see the letters on the phone without glasses which is a nuisance and hardly an incentive. I guess I have enough going on in my life without constantly being bombarded with unnecessary intrusions in the form of text interrupting what I am doing.
ReplyDeleteI find texting rather intrusive compared to e-mail. When you initiate a text, you're expecting the recipient to answer right away. With e-mail, the recipient has the option of responding when they have the opportunity to do so (within reason, we hope).
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