Email is so last millennium
The 15-25 years old are turning to instant messaging for text communication. They are tired of the spam that comes with email accounts.
The former darling of high-tech communication is losing favor to instant and text messaging, and to the chatter generated on blogs and social networking sites
We are now down to two ways to reach the teenagers: IM or blogs, with blogs being the only “one to many” channel. That should tell you about the importance of this medium.
The following sentence, explaining that email is to teens what post cards were to my generation, made me feel really old:
Young people see it as a good way to reach an elder – a parent, teacher or a boss.
We will soon have kids opening Gmail accounts to keep a communication channel with their parents… Things move so fast in this game.
July 26th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
You’re making me feel like a teenager. As far as I’m concerned IM has replaced e-mail as prime medium of online 1-1 communication a good couple of years ago.
July 26th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
You’re making me feel like a teenager. As far as I’m concerned IM has replaced e-mail as prime medium of online 1-1 communication a good couple of years ago.
July 26th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
oh laurent,
are these tools extensions of humanity, or just making me feel progressively more isolated?
;O)
July 26th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
oh laurent,
are these tools extensions of humanity, or just making me feel progressively more isolated?
;O)
July 26th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
@steph: IM has a long, long, LONG way to go in the corporate world before one can say it has replaced email for 1-1 communication. And it will always be here for a few things.
@matt: if everything goes as planned we’ll end up fishing on a remote island anyway ;-)
July 26th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
@steph: IM has a long, long, LONG way to go in the corporate world before one can say it has replaced email for 1-1 communication. And it will always be here for a few things.
@matt: if everything goes as planned we’ll end up fishing on a remote island anyway ;-)
July 26th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
err: u can fish on a remote island.. i’ll bring the tnt sticks, in case the rods don’t work out..
July 26th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
err: u can fish on a remote island.. i’ll bring the tnt sticks, in case the rods don’t work out..