May 11, 2010

  • Do you still use your phone for casual conversations? Short of talking to an old friend from far away, I've got to say NO to that question. It's been a long time since I've had "epic" conversations over the phone, and that was back in the middle-school / high-school days. To be honest, I don't miss it. I don't see the point of using a phone for anything but short bursts of dialogue, usually involving "where are you?" or "meet me here" or "what food did you want me to order for you?" Straight and to the point conversations. The phone is now more like a utility device that people have for necessity reasons, and now with smart-phones that's even more true.

    Text messaging, e-mail, instant messaging, Facebook, or Twitter, through a phone allows people to contact others in a simple and efficient manner. In fact I've grown to prefer people contacting me via those means as an alternative to actually talking to me, instead of leaving a voice mail. Of course it means that you probably won't hear much from me unless you are connected via those means (or at least read this blog), so I apologize to those who think I fell off the face of the planet because I haven't called to say hello to you the old fashion way.

    I do see a little bit of irony with the fact that although the phone was originally created to talk to others far away, that's not my preferred form of communication with the device these days. I'm still open to use my phone to talk to others in a traditionally manner, but let's keep the conversation short shall we?