Comments on: On Texting http://newley.com/2006/01/22/on-texting/ Dispatches from Bangkok Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rick Harman http://newley.com/2006/01/22/on-texting/#comment-1066 Rick Harman Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:12:08 +0000 http://newley.com/2006/01/22/on-texting/#comment-1066 maybe i'm missing something, because i still have yet to grasp why texting is such a fad? why would i screw around with typing on buttons too small for my fingers anyway when on the very same machine all i have to do is talk into the microphone and can relay the same messages, only faster and more of it. please note record for typing: 212 words per minute (Barbara Blackburn); and record for speaking: 650 words per minute (Steve Woodmore). and this is from someone that detests phones. someone please help me to understand this phenomenon. maybe i’m missing something, because i still have yet to grasp why texting is such a fad? why would i screw around with typing on buttons too small for my fingers anyway when on the very same machine all i have to do is talk into the microphone and can relay the same messages, only faster and more of it. please note record for typing: 212 words per minute (Barbara Blackburn); and record for speaking: 650 words per minute (Steve Woodmore).

and this is from someone that detests phones. someone please help me to understand this phenomenon.

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