Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Instantaneous communication

I have always complained about the expectation of instantaneous communication that cell phones and e-mail create. Nothing sums up my issues as well as the following video:




This video also does a great job of encapsulating a crazy girlfriend in text form, which is much more hilarious than a crazy girlfriend in person.

(Via Kottke) (I know kottke wasn't the first site this video showed up on, however it is the site I saw it on first.)

1 comment:

  1. I found this about a week ago on a blog I really appreciate, http://emailsfromcrazypeople.com/

    Maybe you'll appreciate it too.

    A note on the expectation of instantaneous communication: if you prove to be difficult to reach, people learn to expect less from you. In other words, sometimes it pays to be flaky.

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