Hello Claire Gail Briana Alberto Mikhail Paulo and all, People today are definitely better connected than people before without mobile phone or Internet. But they seem to be more absent-minded and impatient than people used to be with stationary phone and pen.
Sometimes when I sit on the playground watching my sons play in the sun,I like to look at the cloudy sky,trees,other children,and etc. Do you know what their parents do? You must have known my answer already...either talking on the mobile phone or checking their text messages as if it was the most important thing in the world at that moment. They may talk to a lot of people knowing what they're doing then,but have they really reached out to one another heart-to-heart? I seldom have online chats on Skype or gmail unless I know that person well enough. I find messages more effective and less time-consuming than all live chats at this satge of my life!LOL Those who have chatted with me must have known that I often cut to the chest and go straight down to business without much hesitation and I don't usually talk long,either. For me,the most important thing when it comes to choosing the most suitable means of communication is convenience and effectiveness. Thank you,Claire for the question! Great weekend to you all! It's nice to be back home and to the groups! Pln On Aug 22, 3:38 pm, PAULO LOPES <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > it's true these words, the greatest treasure of the humanity is the > comunication. without it we would be in the stone age. > > Great Alberto > > 2009/8/21 drbenzoni <[email protected]> > > > > > Dear Claire, Paulo, Wichuda and all, > > > Communication is an interesting topic to discuss. First we use different > > means to communicate in different ways or to different groups of people. > > > Mail is one to one, slow way. Phone call a real time one to one. Email an > > asyncrhonous way to get in touch with a group of people at the same time. > > SMS a fast and asynchronous way to reach one person. So we choose the mean > > that better suits our message and intent. > > > All this capability that communication technologies give us today, permit > > to communicate more, but, i think, not better. > > Communicating better involves to think over the entire process of > > communication and to figure out what the receiver of our message will get. > > So what I want to say? What I said does express clearly my thought? How the > > mean I use to communicate does influence the message? What does the receiver > > get? How does he understand it? > > The process is valid for all the means we use inclued face to face talk. > > > Another important aspect is connection. We are in a physical place talking > > with other people and at the same time we are reachable with our mobile or > > we have our laptop connected with email and social networks.In this way we > > are connected with different circles of people. > > In my opinion (and sure in my life!) all these connections sometimes > > distract people from their activities and, not least important, don't let > > them the chanche to dialogue and to know better people near you. > > > the best for you, > > alberto > > > 2009/8/19 claire <[email protected]> > > >> Dear all new or old,active or silent,;) > > >> "The more elaborate our means of communication,the less we > >> communicate." > > >> These were the words of Joseph Priestly over 200 years ago. > > >> But if that was true,what would he make of communications technology > >> today? > > >> Do you think people today 'connect' better than people used to with > >> the help of the Internet or mobile phone? > > >> Which of the following do you find useful? > >> When do you use it? > >> Why? > > >> mobile phone? > >> e-mail? > >> SMS? > >> MSN? > >> Blackberry? > >> Skype? > > >> Thank you and best regards, > >> Claire- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
