Know Now, Know Later…justKnow

Though justKnow loves technology and all things wireless and mobile, what we strive for most is truly connecting people to people, that is, in real life, not electronically. We believe information connects people, knowledge connects people and technology certainly connects people. All those things, however, may also have the deleterious effect on how people connect, and we’ve been pondering if wireless technology is one such culprit for people’s seeming inability (or discomfort?) to have face-to-face, in-person connections. Having a conversation in real life, with a person, in an actual phone conversation, or with a person sitting next to you, is quite different than staying connected with that same person via email, online chat, IM, or wireless text. You really have to emotionally engage, you know? If you’re not used to that, if you don’t have much experience with that, how do you learn to do so?

It stands to reason, then, that this article in the New York Times caught our attention. We’re happy to learn that the demographic (kids) that made texting so popular, are the very ones who took a step back and became, well, kids again. That’s how you learn — to emotionally engage, to be present with your feelings, to connect emotionally with another human being — you learn by doing. Rock on kids.

~ by Erin on April 27, 2010.

Posted in Connections, Text Messaging
Tags: digital communication, electronic communication, email, IM, instant messaging, kids and technology, mobile, New York Times, online chat, SMS, teen demographic, Text Message, Text Messaging, texting, wireless technology, wireless text