Texting it’s a Way of Life

We now live in a world of almost instant communication. Things have come a long way since the days of radio and the telephone. These days its almost impossible to find a phone booth! And radio and television are continuing to develop in new ways that many of us could not imagine say ten years ago.
The internet has come along; streaming video and high definition radio are now with us. Since the advent of the cell phone and the growing use of them around the world texting has become engrained in our society as a major ways of communicating.
Cell phones have developed into hand held communication devices capable of so many things. Texting is no longer restricted to words, and photos and other multimedia can be sent in seconds. The capability to send free text messages means that conversations can take place in the most unlikely of places. I’ve seen people texting in the unlikeliest of places – during movies, while on a date, in the bathroom, why even in the bath! There are very few places where it is off limits. News has just been released that airlines are finally getting their act together and offering cell phone use during flights. (This will be done via satellite and will be very expensive – not covered by your airline ticket).
One of the scariest place to text of course is while driving – and there has been a lot of bad news concerned with people injured or killed while texting and driving. It’s a fact that peoples brains are just unable to concentrate on these two things at the same time. We are just not wired to do this. Thankfully more and more legislation is being enforced around the world which banishes this act.
So the age of instant communication is upon us and though there are a few drawback associated with it, the amazing advantages it offers make these drawbacks something we have to work towards eradicating. Meanwhile one wonders what the next ten years will bring?