Thursday, August 5, 2010

The end of phone calls?

There's a commentary at Wired suggesting that we may someday soon stop calling on the phone.

I know I definitely prefer email - I know I'm not interrupting someone. I don't know when you're free to talk, but I can send an email when it's convenient for me. There are times - like scheduling something - when you need the true back and forth of conversation. And there are lots of examples of emotional conversation where text isn't sufficient. Face to face discussion is best for that.

But there's a lot of information I need to share with people that's purely factual, where email or text or whatever is just way more efficient. The cell phone is dead! Long live the portable electronic communicator!

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