When people can more easily fire off all sorts of messages–from
updates about their breakfast to questions about the evening’s
plans–being able to figure out which messages are truly important, or
even which warrant a response, can be difficult. Information overload
can lead some people to tune out messages altogether.Such noise makes us even more dependent on technology to help us
communicate. Without software to help filter and organize based on
factors we deem relevant, we’d drown in the deluge.–Jessica E. Vascellaro, Wall Street Journal
The article is more about the rise of microcommunication tools than it is about the end of e-mail, but it does a fair job explaining the difference.
A little over a century ago, the printer T.J. Cobden-Sanderson took it upon himself to surreptitiously dump…
A quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier with my history-loving son.
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing.
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters.
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Twitter is a crowd scrolling past your house, disappearing down the street. Facebook is graffiti on the wall across the street. E-mail is alive and well and piling up on your front stoop.