mode of communication

Writting letters is a way of communication?

Just think of 30 years back, when the postman drops a letter at the mailbox, how eagerly used to people open it to know from where it is. And if some information is to be received from some where,...

Gone Fishin': How to Hook Your Readers With Textual Crack

Written on 4/18/2008 by Clay Collins, writer of Alternative Productivity and Anti-Hacks for Living at The Growing Life.“Everything has [already] been said yet few have taken advantage of it. [A]ll...

iPoint Presenter Promises a New Human-Computer Mode of Communication

Engineers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications are going to showcase at the upcoming CeBIT in Hanover a new way for people to communicate with computers. The system, dubbed iPoint...

Reach out and touch someone

It turns out that e-mail, text messaging, and Facebook still can't hold a candle to the good ole telephone. This is according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, as noted in...

A Vocal Mouse?

University of Washington researchers have developed a vocal mouse that moves the cursor around the screen with clicks and phonemes:The Internet offers wide appeal to people with disabilities. But...

Staying up in a down world

Warning: I'm not talking about technology in this post, but about attitude. If you're looking for technology, wait for the next one!Attitude is one of a teacher's most precious possessions. The...

Web Communication Experiment: First Round Goes To Twitter

After one day of experimenting, I’m already addicted to Twitter. I get it now. It’s really an elegantly designed application:See everyone who is following youFollow them with one...

Simple Email Hack: Get Your Questions Answered

Whether we like it or not, email is still the primary mode of communication online. That’s not going to change any time soon. We’ve got instant messenger, Twitter, Skype, message boards,...

Amitabh Bachchan On Orkut,Rekha And Other Fun Stuff

Mr. Bachchan is on an interviewing spree these days and has no qualms about giving the sound bytes to different quarters of the media. However this particular interview makes an interesting and fun...

Text Messaging Made Sexy For Grownups

This Optimus commercial offers a fun take on text messaging for adults. An attractive, well-dressed couple sit in a darkened room in front of a flickering tv set, coyly regarding each other from...

Field Guide: Why People Hate Meghan O'Rourke

Meghan O'Rourke is having a moment. Her first book of poems, recently published, snagged a coveted full-page review—a rave!—in the Times Book Review. She is the culture editor of Slate....