Yesterday I came across a piece that made me smile. David Strom, an old friend who dates as a technology writer even further back that I do and has recently become an editor at ReadWriteWeb, said something that takes my occasional rants about the way texting has taken over our lives and goes a step further.
I’ll cop to text (or e-mail, for that matter) being useful in that they eliminate the need—and excuse—for the ineffective communication that “I called but couldn’t reach you” can add to to a back-and-forth. And David makes a good point about what it means when you “jump the line” by calling someone in a world where “I’ll get to you when I’m ready” has replaced real-time communications.
But maybe that’s a good thing.
