Over the previous year I have written several blogs about teenagers and texting. Recently I have started to use texting as a way to communicate with my friends instead of calling them. However, my text messaging abilities are not at the level of an average teenager – they are still much better at this than I am or will ever be.
Recently I worked backstage at my daughters dance recital with six other dads. Our job backstage was to set the props on the stage during the shows for the dancers and actors between routines. Additionally, we had to communicate with each other across the stage and in the dark without being heard. This year we decided to use SMS text messaging on our cell phones as our way to communicate across the stage. The use of text messaging worked out well and was much more effective than what we had done in the prior years, which was to walk behind stage to the other side. We could communicate and respond to each other in a matter of seconds with our cell phones through text messaging
Now that I have started to use text messaging as another way to communicate, I may start looking for other applications that I can use on my mobile phone. Who knows? This old dog may be able to learn some new tricks.
