Friday, March 11, 2011

Dad's Taxi Service Prefers Text Messages


Texting: The Demise of the Phone Call. (Daily Tech, 3/11/2011

Excerpt: More and more teens and adults use text messaging and other electronic means of communication instead of voice contact

An MIT researcher has found that texting has replaced the phone call for a large number of teens, and while this may not seem too surprising, she also found that a number of adults are making the same transition.


Case in point.

I just texted the following message to my son, a sophomore at UW-Madison.

"Let me know when you want taxi service."

Spring break starts in a few hours.

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