I found it - it was in Wired http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/st_thompson_deadphone/
On 8/16/10, George Kontos <[email protected]> wrote: > I also read that article just the other day. I tried looking for it online, > but can't find it. I think it was in either Wired or Time magazine. Do you > recall? > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > ldouglas > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 9:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] Re: My Dad & His MemoPad Dilemma (webOS) > > I read an interesting article about the death of the phone call that > changed my viewpoint a bit on this subject. The author was basically > saying that in the days before text messaging and even answering > machines, a phone call was nothing more than an interruption. The > caller didn't know the schedule of the person he called, whether it > was convenient or not, etc. Nowadays we can schedule those synchronous > phone calls using asynchronous email, text messages, or IM so that the > actual phone call can be as productive as possible. > > Of course, this doesn't make up for the fact that people are using one > to replace the other, but a little balance can help rather than hurt. > > On 8/16/10, Chuck B. <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Tony Cooke >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> And, (said he starting the sentence wrongly!) I am at great pains to >>> always spell and punctuate my SMS texts correctly when texting my >>> grandkids. >>> >> >> Which brings me to one of MY pet peeves these days. Why doesn't anyone >> CALL any more???? How much time could we save if we stopped texting and >> started calling! Not to mention the potential for a return to >> actual "Customer Service" from vendors! >> (Sorry to stick my two cents in on you "old-timers" here on the board, > but >> texting and email as the foundation of modern human interaction has become > a >> real bug up my b*tt the past year or so . . . and I found that I needed > to >> vent too.) >> >> Chuck B. >>
