[lit-ideas] Re: "It's not a magic bullet, but it's a vital tool,"

And *I'm* in information overload???
 
Yeah -- my daughters use text messaging to keep in contact with me when  
other venues don't suit the environment -- Dad won't let her call, needs  
something urgently during a class at high school, and likewise -- I use it as a 
 
shorthand to lt them know something urgent when I'm not able to call from the  
law 
office, because I'm on two phone lines, checking data via law software,  
checking my home voice-mail, and sending messages to other staff members in the 
 
law office.  Instant messaging is taking over the intercom, for sure.   And 
then 
there's tele-conferencing....
 
And all I wanted to do was read a good book....
 
Julie Krueger
still torn between antiquities and new tech

========Original Message========     Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: "It's not a magic 
bullet, but it's a vital  tool,"  Date: 1/31/2007 1:45:21 A.M. Central 
Standard Time  From: _andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx)   To: 
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> Cell phones play vital role in developing  world...

A quarter million "phone ladies" buy mobile phones on credit  from Grameen 
Bank...

Totally cool. A whole new form of  business.

How many of you are using text messaging on your cell phones?  It's 
widespread in SV. I was 
at a conf a few days ago. Whenever the speaker  got boring ("blah, blah, 
blah"), many people 
in the audience would go back  to their PDAs and send/receive txt msgs. If 
you're in the 
audience, you  can't talk on your cellphone, but you can certainly txt msg.

We also IM  during conf calls. There can be multiple simultaneous IM chats 
during the conf  
call. One chat has all the attendees. Another chat for my team. Another chat  
with one other 
person. And so on. And since you can send files via IM, we  talk and send 
files 
simultaneously.

Have you downloaded Google Maps  into your PDAs yet? It's not just better. 
It's way better 
than any other map  tool for PDA/cellphones. It even shows satellite photos 
on your  PDA.

http://www.google.com/gmm/index.html

yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com  

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