E-mail has allowed me to easily keep in touch with my 3 brothers and 3 sisters who live all over the country. It can be a great way to share pictures or a bit of news quickly and it is so very easy. I know if I get a phone call it is either something really good or really bad.
E-mail is so much a part of the fabric of our lives, that it is almost difficult to remember the way things worked before.
Communication, both at work and at home, is so much quicker and simpler. It is impossible for me to imagine life without it.
E-mail has changed my life in many ways. One way, that is of special importance to me, is that is has allowed me to communicate more efficiently with friends. I use to keep in touch with relatives and friends by writing letters. That was part of my life growing up and it was exciting to receive a letter via postal mail. In addition there was neat stationery to buy and use. It’s interesting to see how the inventory of writing stationery has changed since the popularity of on-line correspondence. E-mail has certainly increased the frequency of my correspondence with friends. I feel like I have a much better idea of how they are doing and what is going on in their lives.
I am not a phone person, I actually hate the phone and e-mail has been a nice way for me to do business and personal correspondence. The catch is that I haven’t always used it in an appropriate manner especially with family issues. It’s easier to hide behind an e-mail then to call and face what could be an unpleasant dialogue. In this respect, I am hoping to work on using the appropriate mode of communication depending on the situation.
I've been able to keep up with friends and family too -- I have a friend from Jr. High who lives in France and we talk more now than we did when we were in the same state.
I think it's also easier to keep track of information. I don't do well remembering things that people have said to me (I'm a strong visual learner), so having a fast way to communicate visually is important to me and helps me retain the message. - Becky
I also love email for being a record. Things really do not happen for me if I don't write them down so having email serve as a reminder/to-do list is incredible. However I do rely to heavily on email in place of the phone for interaction. One of my goals is actually to make a phone call every once in a while to connect rather then send another email. There are definitely people that I work with (mostly through CAL book reviews) that I've only communicated with through email. While efficient and easy and more comfortable for me than a phone call it doesn't have the same personal touch that creates lasting relationships.
I love how flexible email can be. It allows us to respond when it is convenient. The message can be long or short. We can read it every day or every other month. We can read it once, multiple times, over time or not at all. We can share it with others, add links, add photos and more. It is a beautiful tool but it is not perfect.
I agree with Kathy, I hate the phone so I prefer email. I find it to be the easiest thing to do especially when communicating with people that have completely different schedules or those that are in a completely different location. It is easy to keep a record of conversations and easy to create "to do" lists from what is sent.
I love email and love that fact that I can talk to a lot of my friends through email or the internet in general and keep better track of what's going on in their lives as well.
It is also a better way of sharing ideas with people. If you find a cool website you can send it to someone and have them look at it and start a whole new brainstorm to solve a problem.
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E-mail has allowed me to easily keep in touch with my 3 brothers and 3 sisters who live all over the country. It can be a great way to share pictures or a bit of news quickly and it is so very easy. I know if I get a phone call it is either something really good or really bad.
E-mail is so much a part of the fabric of our lives, that it is almost difficult to remember the way things worked before.
Communication, both at work and at home, is so much quicker and simpler. It is impossible for me to imagine life without it.
E-mail has changed my life in many ways. One way, that is of special importance to me, is that is has allowed me to communicate more efficiently with friends. I use to keep in touch with relatives and friends by writing letters. That was part of my life growing up and it was exciting to receive a letter via postal mail. In addition there was neat stationery to buy and use. It’s interesting to see how the inventory of writing stationery has changed since the popularity of on-line correspondence. E-mail has certainly increased the frequency of my correspondence with friends. I feel like I have a much better idea of how they are doing and what is going on in their lives.
I am not a phone person, I actually hate the phone and e-mail has been a nice way for me to do business and personal correspondence. The catch is that I haven’t always used it in an appropriate manner especially with family issues. It’s easier to hide behind an e-mail then to call and face what could be an unpleasant dialogue. In this respect, I am hoping to work on using the appropriate mode of communication depending on the situation.
I've been able to keep up with friends and family too -- I have a friend from Jr. High who lives in France and we talk more now than we did when we were in the same state.
I think it's also easier to keep track of information. I don't do well remembering things that people have said to me (I'm a strong visual learner), so having a fast way to communicate visually is important to me and helps me retain the message. - Becky
I also love email for being a record. Things really do not happen for me if I don't write them down so having email serve as a reminder/to-do list is incredible. However I do rely to heavily on email in place of the phone for interaction. One of my goals is actually to make a phone call every once in a while to connect rather then send another email. There are definitely people that I work with (mostly through CAL book reviews) that I've only communicated with through email. While efficient and easy and more comfortable for me than a phone call it doesn't have the same personal touch that creates lasting relationships.
I love how flexible email can be. It allows us to respond when it is convenient. The message can be long or short. We can read it every day or every other month. We can read it once, multiple times, over time or not at all. We can share it with others, add links, add photos and more. It is a beautiful tool but it is not perfect.
I agree with Kathy, I hate the phone so I prefer email. I find it to be the easiest thing to do especially when communicating with people that have completely different schedules or those that are in a completely different location. It is easy to keep a record of conversations and easy to create "to do" lists from what is sent.
I love email and love that fact that I can talk to a lot of my friends through email or the internet in general and keep better track of what's going on in their lives as well.
It is also a better way of sharing ideas with people. If you find a cool website you can send it to someone and have them look at it and start a whole new brainstorm to solve a problem.
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