That's a really interesting observation. I also live in a major US city and work for a very large corporation, and while I do use SMS on occasion, 99% of my written communication (sent and received) is still via e-mail. I have a big concern with security of SMS for anything more sensitive than "we're in conference room 6."
It's all about finding the right tool for the job. SMS is a great tool to have, but I think many have a tendency to use new tools as golden hammers rather than finding the most appropriate problems for them to solve. For reference, I'm 28. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] STOP... > > Quite correct. The world is changing the way it talks to itself. Big time. > Quickly. > > I live in a major US city and work for a large > corporation. I can share with you that in the last 12 months, SMS texting is > now standard in business. Email is not dead and it will never die ( I think!) > but it is clearly on the decline. In my experience in my world. Here, > everybody texts. If you send someone an email, you have to text them and > let them know they have an email in their Inbox. Because they never check > it. It ain't just kids anymore, sad to say. > > You almost define your age by how you communicate. Someone joked with > me the other day that landlines and email are for "people over 50." Sheesh. > If you want to propose marriage and express your undying love for > someone, you have to do it in less than 160 characters..... > > Bill > Sent from my iPhone >
