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Counter point: - my phone is always on me - I spend less than 20% of my time in front of a computer (and I work in tech!) - Everyone I know has a cell phone
by zwkrt 7y ago
Counter point:
- my phone is always on me
- I spend less than 20% of my time in front of a computer (and I work in tech!)
- Everyone I know has a cell phone
- I can start a group chat with anyone I know
- iMessage is very pleasant and easily allows me to share photos I have taken without compression
- Most people I know respond to texts within 5 minutes, so it is good “mostly
synchronous” communication
- If someone has my phone number then I consider them to be important.
I wouldn’t write a short story on my phone, but if I had a short story to tell I would probably just use my phone to call someone I care about and tell the story to them. SMS is the perfect lowest common denominator and I will miss it dearly when it is gone.
- mrmonkeyman 7y agoYou don't "work in tech" if you spend 20% of your time working on a computer. You spend your days in the vicinity of tech-related affairs, perhaps.
- natecavanaugh 7y agoHegelian synthesis point: I usually am at my desk, with my phone, and I use the messages app on my computer to do both iMessage and SMS. It’s honestly great to be able to hop between both, as for some conversations, a hardware full size keyboard is ideal. Though, count yourself lucky that people respond to your texts in around 5 minutes. Mine are shots into the darkness, and maybe I’ll get a text at some point today. Unless someone needs something, then response time seems drastically shorter :|