Quotes About Instant messaging

There is a law out there, if not of thermodynamics then of something equally primary and inescapable, that explains why everything from instant messaging to fabulous sex to aspic can in the end be defined as an illustration of the futility of existence. And it really, really sucks.

When it comes to texting the power of you thumbs compel you

I like Instagram - it's a good way to keep up with my friends without having to text or call all the time, and I really like Snapchat.

If you're looking for ways of getting quick communication, maybe texting is the way to go. People can't walk these days without having one hand balancing a smart phone. If that's the way people are going to live, it is the case that something that vibrates in their hand is going to get their attention more quickly than an email.

We are more and more into technology. Everything is texting, and everything is instant. Flowers are completely impractical as a method of communication when you could just send a text.

I am always texting!

The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry or depressing its contents seemed to be

There's silence, then the phone bleeps again with his reply:

Information technology is never asleep, as is manifested through cell phones, e-mail, instant messaging, beepers, and other electronic leashes. We cannot get away. There is no "downtime" anymore. Our support systems are eroding

The rise of professional instant messaging, mentioned earlier in this chapter, can be seen as this mind-set pushed toward an extreme. If receiving an e-mail reply within an hour makes your day easier, then getting an answer via instant message in under a minute would improve this gain by an order of magnitude.

Jacobi called Lindsay on his Nextel.

They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing.

AIM was so quaint, it organized users around 'buddy lists.' In a time before smartphones, AIM was powerful and intoxicating, a way for a generation that once had called people on the phone to communicate in quick bursts from their computers.

I press send on the text.

Tweeting is any person's interest of instant messaging in a snappy chat that sounds like a tik tok.

Phones are only good for ordering pizza and telling someone you're running late