I can give you a bunch of reasons: 1. When I commuted via train... it was much easier to carry on brief convos via texting and I didn't bother other riders.
2. When I dated a blind man, who would get up at 3am to go work in his orchards. He'd text me messages of things he thought (what we were gonna do that weekend, dinner that night, whatever). Since his world was always dark, the time was irrelevant (and it was cooler to work in the middle of the night). But he knew *I* needed my sleep. 3. When you want to send a quick message to someone. Maybe that person isn't currently on IM, or maybe you aren't. 4. When you want to let someone know something, and you want 'em to know now, but you don't want to interrupt them with a phone call. I text message a lot. A friend who lives in MV texts me all the time. If he's on the road and not on IM, or having lunch somewhere, and is thinking of me, we text. If my manager is thinking of something she forgot to tell me and she's at the docs, we text. If I'm thinking of someone, I'll text. Granted, texting using my Blackberry is easier than with my RaZR, but if you do it enough you get used to it and can type quite quickly. Plus, there's the little acronyms and shortcuts (although they didn't work so well for blind beau, since the reader on his Palm would pronounce the letters if it didn't recognize the words -- he always had to stop and think about "c u sn" or "lvg now"). ...sue On 8/17/07, Rick Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all > > Personally, I'm very curious about the whole text messaging phenomenon. > I mean, how is it remotely possible that text messaging is simpler to > accomplish than simply dialing up the other person and speaking? E-Mail, > I somewhat understand, as it seems fairly simple to type on a full > keyboard. But on the surface, it seems that text messaging is quite a > bit more difficult, as you are mostly limited to the tiny phone keypad. > > Is there anyone among us that can explain the allure? What am I missing? > > Cheers... Rick :) > > Bonnie Granat wrote: > > There's a market for old phones, I believe, so you can probably find > one. > > > > > > Bonnie Granat > > http://www.GranatEdit.com > > ______________________________________________ > > Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. > New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help > technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. > > > Interactive 3D Documentation > Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com > _______________________________________________ > > Technical Communication Professionals > > Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: > http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com > Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com > ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
