Perhaps not Missing out

I haven't had Gmail chat connectivity for a LONG while. as in more than a month.

 

I can log in to fring on my celery (mobile phone) but with connectivity speeds and the health of my battery it usually doesn't happen much or for long.

 

And what I have noticed is that I honestly, really didn't notice until a week ago that I haven't been on Gmail chat for ages! around the same time as I noticed that I formated my phone memory and haven't reinstalled Mxit.

 

The funny thing is that my Dad was saying just the other day the companies are beginning to phase out email and bring in instant messaging for corporate communication (I assume on a intracompany level). My company strongly frowns upon using instant messaging ... something about it being too distra...oh look a butterly...

 

The funny thing is that I find often when using Gmail Chat I spend more time waiting for someone else to instigate a conversation. (feels like a primary school disco all over again - does no one want to dance with me?) or else lurking around wanting to chat to a specific person. ("Oh great she/he's online! lemme give her/him 5 minutes so she/he doesn't think I am that eager" ...<5 minutes> ... "oh she/he's offline")

 

Now I went through a phase a little while ago where I got tired of persistently eing badgered by some friends on chat and also being tired of waiting for other people to chat to me and them being unresponsive.

 

and so like a wicked person I Blocked Them! (for those with stalkers, you look offline to those you have blocked) Now I want to unblock them... and I can't! well not without Gmail Chat functioning again :/

 

Serves me right for being unfriendly...

 

But perhaps it is a good thing. I do value personal communication above gettign the same lame ass demotivationals and jokes forwarded to me However without the distraction of the chat I seem to focus better at what my work laptop was supplied to me to do.

 

On a slightly different idea

 

I have a new theory that you can actually rate how internet-savvy and wired your buddies are by when you get the demotivational posters from them popping up in your inbox (and You know you'll always get them at least 5 times)

 

In the week the poster/scam/joke/amusing photo is published - pretty savvy - your average well commencted nerd

The following week - friends of the savvy - a subnerd culture called - "I am a friend of a proper nerd and thus am nerdy by association"

In the course of the month - normal people

within The following 6 months - those who use Outlook for all amusing electronic jokes and use the internet well for uumm... a confusing blue icon on the desktop. They are fed jokes by those who have the time to save pictures from blogs like failbook, lamebook, awkwardphotos, lolcats, loldogs,lolbuts, demotivationalposters, you get the idea, and then send them out all over again.

 

of course after 6 months everyone has their brains wiped and all jokes are fresh again and can be circulated all over again.

 

 

Oh the Joy of filling the inbox and Wasting time.

 

(don't get me started yet on panic emails about drugs and missing children and viruses)