Don’t call me, I don’t call you. I might text you.
This WSJ article really makes me think. Where are we heading? Asynchronous communications seems to grow tremendously. As it says: "People don't like using their phones to make calls or listen to voice mails" except to close family and friends. And that we do a lot! Our communication spheres are becoming disjoint. We use different means for different spheres. Hmm, interesting!
- TECHNOLOGY
- FEBRUARY 23, 2010
The Unused Cellphone App: 'Calling'
Harvard University senior Drew Robb is so attached to his cellphone that he keeps it by his bedside at night and in his front jeans pocket every day. He uses the Apple iPhone to check email, text his friends and play games, pretty much for everything—except phone calls.
The friends hardly call each other. "People resist protocols that call for verbal communication," Mr. Robb says. Translation: People don't like using their phones to make calls or listen to voice mails.
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