E-mail an old school?

i read an article that says people now are turning to IM and Texting... Especially young people seems to be going away from using e-mails..
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13921601/wid/11915829?GT1=8394

Do you still email you're friends or just used IM or texting to communicate to them?

for me i still used emails to contact my professors because old people tend not to use IM.

I used IM and texting a lot to communicate with my friends.

 

I'm 18. I use AIM and GMAIL. I don't own a cell phone. GMAIL is more formal. AIM is for friends.

 

Same with above. When your in college, professors really prefer a simple "[email protected]" rather than a crazy jumble of words and letters or weird names too like "doomhammer" or "raginazn". Also gmail is really nice since it integrates mail and instant talking together.

 

I do all of the above. Text Messaging, email, and IMs.

 

They all have their uses, but texting costs money. IM and email are the most frequent for me.

 

I'm 13....I always love e-mail. I hate texting on mini mobile keyboards. It takes me around a minute th write 3 or 4 words...

I especially hate the fact that some people seem to abbreviate words too much in their SMS messages . It's like they are talking "mobile language". Anyone else find tha kind of thing annoying.

 

As dragonesse said, they all have thier uses.

For business/professional/formal use where you can't expect (or don't need) an immediate reply, email is the way to go. It's not the best medium for extended conversations, but better for more detailed information, espcially if a record needs to be kept. Think of it as a replacement for a paper letter, not a conversation. I got an email this morning in response to a For Sale ad I posted reading "Where r u located" (note no '?'), so I wrote back "I be in NJ.", but now I'm thinking I don't want to deal with this tool even if he wants to buy my item.

For short, informal, and real/near-time conversation with freinds, IM or Txt'ing is OK, though it's also starting to become more common in the workplace as a business communication tool. Sometimes it's nice to know when someone is online (and sometimes it's not). In that context, however, I still wouldn't expect to interact with my clients or business contacts by sending "How r u?". With friends, though, it's easy to Txt "I'm at Joe's house" or "Pick you up at 6", and it's convienient for me to get automated Txt messages like "The 5:15 #1234 train is running 10 minutes late" from NJ Transit, even if I pay a few cents for them. Though many people that carry cell phones carry them most of the time, such messages may not be immediately read if sent as email, and therefore lose thier value.

 

We use Jabber in my workplace as a means of communication. It's convenient if you need a quick bit of info from someone or the boss wants you "step into my office please". (My bosses are awesome, so that's usually not a bad thing.)

 

All of them. **** Crackberry.

 

E-mail, old school?

BS. That article is just 'stupid'.

 

I voted for email since that is my preferred way of talking with my friends, but I don't have any friends to email that much.

I use AIM/Yahoo/MSN for all of my NBR friends.

 

Each to its own. They all have their uses and advantages. You cant really leave messages on AIM if the persons not on and texting everything jus wont work. I doubt e-mailing is going to die anytime soon.

 

i use IM. texting cost me money, or else that would be my top answer. i havent sent an email in forever. haha

 

For personal use, I use IM for communication with "real people". My personal email I use for mainly orders. I do not use email for communication most of the time, unless I am trying to contact an old friend or want to write to someone from a blog or a website or an author of a book. For business use, it is definitely email only for me. Email is the main tool for communication in businesses (although IM is making some ground).

Texting I just hate, if the phone doesn't have a full sized keyboard, it just frustrates me of how long it takes me to send a 5 word sentence, compared to just calling the person. It is just easier and cheaper to call someone than texting.

 

well not in our place. calling is lot expensive than txting. and our network gives promos where we can send text messages for free in a week !

i loved txting. i can compose 25-50 words/minute. how's that?