Despite the fact that so much of my life is spent online, I don’t have much experience with online communication other than email, Twitter, and a little Facebook. I thought I was doing very well just to keep up with those. I have only recently discovered the wide world of other online communication options.
Online Communication – My Early Years
As a kid, I could use letters to keep up with friends and then email made it to my house. When I was a teenager, Yahoo Messenger and AOL Messenger were the end all, be all of online chats. I spent hours meeting other teens (maybe creepy old perverts), but I had fun and never did anything stupid. But I did get bored after a few months and went back to email. Between email and a regular, old phone, I thought I had the best technology ever. I remember simply beg for my own land line.
Online Communication – My College Years
I missed the whole webolution in college by communicating as little as possible with everyone outside my tiny world, lol. I was also a cell phone hold-out until 2004, so I really depended on face-to-face meetups and emailed notes for about everything I did. This was when I was introduced to my first forums ever though.
Online Communication – My Current Years
Now that I spend so much time communicating via a blog, I have met fellow bloggers. Those bloggers have introduced me to things like SKYPE and my day job has introduced me to things like GoToMeeting. SKYPE is great for the small call groups a few bloggers have formed and GoToMeeting is my introduction to web conferencing. You can try it out to by using this GoToMeeting Promo Code.
Online Communication – My Preferences
Despite my new experiences, I still prefer face-to-face meetings, emails, forums, and phone calls. An email or phone call just feels more natural to me than opening a web page to start talking to someone. I even sort of stink at texting…I know, I am a failed child of the 80′s-90′s…
What sort of online communication do you prefer? Are you a big fan of web chat groups?
face to face or email are my favorite forms of communication. I HATE the phone. Too much time being screamed at while working in a call center I guess.
I’ve been communicating online since I got my first hotmail account at 8 years old. I MSN’d in Grade 5. I have been very in the know of online communication my whole life. I love Facebook, Twitter, email, blogging, Skype, Tumblr, etc. I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of it. =)
Actually, I prefer email, facebook, or twitter. I’m not a big telephone person. Of course, for fun I like to go out to eat or coffee with friends.