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A modern - and superior - option would be a mobile application that could provide ongoing and reinforced instruction to the child. As a millennial, we're proba

A modern - and superior - option would be a mobile application that could provide ongoing and reinforced instruction to the child. As a millennial, we're probably the last generation to learn how to write a letter in elementary school (as well as how to use the Dewey Decimal system to find a book in library), yet even I find the concept of writing a letter silly and more about nostalgia for the parent than the child who will probably wonder why you just didn't use email or IM. After reading this article, I'd rather have the couple minutes back in my life than trying to wonder why applying archaic communication to perennial concepts suddenly makes it relevant for the NY Times to cover.

pilsetnieks 10y ago
> A modern - and superior - option would be a mobile application that could provide ongoing and reinforced instruction to the child. Reminds me of the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer of Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age.
- angersock 10y ago
  And now imagine you're the company providing that, including very subtle advertising! So much profits. :)
  - nitrogen 10y ago
    Isn't that the approximate definition of Disney?
chucksmash 10y ago
> I find the concept of writing a letter silly and more about nostalgia for the parent than the child who will probably wonder why you just didn't use email or IM. Unless you forget to log into your account with the important emails for N days and GMail/Hotmail/Outlook/Yahoo recycles the account. This actually happened to me before I was in tech (i.e. properly understood the value of backing up my data). After my dad passed I kept an otherwise useless Hotmail account because it contained a lot of email conversations with him. I went to log in one day only to find the account and emails had been deleted. Hard way to learn that particular lesson. TL;DR physical possession of important things isn't an entirely obsolete idea.
exstudent2 10y ago
> wonder why applying archaic communication to perennial concepts suddenly makes it relevant for the NY Times to cover. The NYT is archaic communication.
- djd20 10y ago
  Advertorial for said's mum's book Rich Mom, Smart Mom - a knockoff of Rich Dad, Poor Dad...

pilsetnieks 10y ago

> A modern - and superior - option would be a mobile application that could provide ongoing and reinforced instruction to the child. Reminds me of the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer of Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age.

angersock 10y ago
And now imagine you're the company providing that, including very subtle advertising! So much profits. :)
- nitrogen 10y ago
  Isn't that the approximate definition of Disney?

chucksmash 10y ago

> I find the concept of writing a letter silly and more about nostalgia for the parent than the child who will probably wonder why you just didn't use email or IM. Unless you forget to log into your account with the important emails for N days and GMail/Hotmail/Outlook/Yahoo recycles the account. This actually happened to me before I was in tech (i.e. properly understood the value of backing up my data). After my dad passed I kept an otherwise useless Hotmail account because it contained a lot of email conversations with him. I went to log in one day only to find the account and emails had been deleted. Hard way to learn that particular lesson. TL;DR physical possession of important things isn't an entirely obsolete idea.

exstudent2 10y ago

> wonder why applying archaic communication to perennial concepts suddenly makes it relevant for the NY Times to cover. The NYT is archaic communication.

djd20 10y ago
Advertorial for said's mum's book Rich Mom, Smart Mom - a knockoff of Rich Dad, Poor Dad...