SMS – Thang Nguyen 555

10/19/2012

Perceived message

Message received often times is different from message intended. Wrong timing. Different context and stress level. Words that inadvertently trigger negative emotions. We live and learn. It’s not easy to get across, at both cognitive and emotive levels. Male are known for missing emotional signals more often than female. That’s why long distance relationships are hard.…

Decoding the thing called Love

Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me, twice on the pipe if the answer is No. We communicate, therefore we are. Language of the heart. The vibe. Hearts in sync. Le vent la mer le soleil et la pluie. Heaven and Earth aligned. Yin and Yan. Mothers Day and Fathers Day. Be brave.…

Screen and Self

Long ago, we lived in the oral culture. Orators would speak for hours on end. Now we communicate in short bursts and sound bites (injected with acronyms, see OPP blog). In between, we had enjoyed the print culture, the Morse code, radio, film and TV , before we got to the Internet with SMS, touch-screen and voice-activation. I was…