Category Archives: communication

Unobtrusive Voice Mail

Pinger is a service for leaving voice mail messages without being obtrusive. It’s like “SMS for voice”. The idea is that you just say the name of the person you want to leave a message for, and record your message. The other person gets a text message with a phone number that they call, and …

May 16, 2007 – 5:29 pm | By Michael Voong | Posted in communication, mobile | Comments (1)

People-to-people VIA People

I noticed this in the shower today (on communication mediums): Phone/letters/IM: person-to-person Email/group messaging: person-to-person/people-to-people Social web: people-to-people via people The truth is, people are increasingly observing the communication between people rather than accessing personally-directed messages. This is becoming an important communication medium on its own where, to an extent, spying becomes socially accepted. The …

May 8, 2007 – 4:01 pm | By Michael Voong | Posted in communication, social | Comments (0)

Two People and Communication

I’ve been looking at a paper called “Grounding and Communication” by Herbert Clark. I don’t know if I’ve been reading a bit too much… It takes two people working together to play a duet, shake hands, play chess, waltz, teach, or make love. To succeed, the two of them have to coordinate both the content …

March 6, 2007 – 1:30 pm | By Michael Voong | Posted in communication, sociology | Comments (0)