Comments on: For the Love of Technology

By: sadcox

sadcox — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:43:19 +0000

Shawn, you left out my two favorite ways of communicating–RSS and Twitter.

See the common thread? These are “pull” technologies. In other words, I’ll listen to what you have to say when (if) I’m ready to listen. That’s why Tivo is so great.

Taylor, give yourself a month or so out of the high school setting and reevaluate your stance on texting. It may not seem so attractive then.

By: diefree

diefree — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:33:46 +0000

Bravo sadcox! Bravo!

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:37:58 +0000

Either that, or Verizon could just make it easier for me to check my voice mail.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:37:04 +0000

I would try to say some clever, playful fighting words here, but I’m honestly surprised. I didn’t expect bloggers to disagree. My husband feels the way Scott & Shawn do, but he is COMPLETELY unable to use technology. In fact, it’s on my to-do list right now ~off to the side, half-way as a joke~ TEACH HUSBAND HOW TO USE THE INTERNET.

But I don’t feel “farted on” by a text message at all. In fact, I don’t think communication media can be ranked comprehensively. It’s all contextual.

Maybe we should all include in outgoing messages a description of the best way to reach us.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:41:56 +0000

And just for the record…
the hierarchy of communication:
1. Face to face talk
2. Talking on the phone
3. E-mails
4. Voicemail
5. Texting
6. Farting on someone

So as you can see texting is pretty much the lowest form of communication…it just beats out farting to communicate your intentions, but not by much.

And no longer can someone say “I didn’t get your message”….you know that’s a lie.