I don't have a cellphone either. I asked because we've got an IM Reference service at the library, and there's a way to set it up so we could receive text messages and reply through our existing IM setup. I've been seeing so many TV ads about texting, and my coworker with a 17 year old says all his son's friends are all over it, so I wonder if incoming college students will be all over the texting soon. For short stuff like "r u open??" We get IMs like that already.
Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Mar 28, 2008 9:55:16 am PDT #7992 of 10001
information libertarian
Polter-Cow - Mar 28, 2008 9:56:01 am PDT #7993 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
so I wonder if incoming college students will be all over the texting soon. For short stuff like "r u open??"
Yeah, undoubtedly.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2008 9:56:10 am PDT #7994 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, jeez -- I just got a message about a power surge on a USB port, and then I realized I was kind of idly sticking a paper clip into the USB port on the side of my dock thing. Oops!
lisah - Mar 28, 2008 9:56:43 am PDT #7995 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I generally text for three reasons - sending the same message to multiple people, when I don't need an answer (i.e. a text saying I'm going to be late), or when I know that the person's in a loud place.
This is me. Also, there are certain people I text with way more often then we talk on the phone. Like my guitarist, texting is his main mode of communication.
Texting helped me out of a verrrry awkward potential dating situation last year, actually.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 28, 2008 9:57:12 am PDT #7996 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The theatre students I know text like crazy! I think way more than they IM.
lisah - Mar 28, 2008 9:57:22 am PDT #7997 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
so I wonder if incoming college students will be all over the texting soon.
uh...haven't they been for years?
Jesse - Mar 28, 2008 9:57:24 am PDT #7998 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I do think the Kids These Days text a lot more than people my age -- even coworkers five years younger are way more about the texting.
flea - Mar 28, 2008 9:57:25 am PDT #7999 of 10001
information libertarian
Interestingly, we are open nearly all the time. Like, 24/7 from noon on Sunday to 6pm on Friday. Yet still people IM to ask if we are open.
brenda m - Mar 28, 2008 9:58:49 am PDT #8000 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, sometimes texting is just the best way to handle things. [link]
beekaytee - Mar 28, 2008 9:59:26 am PDT #8001 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I don't have a cellphone.
Sue is my sistah.