Short is Sweeter

I remember when I was a freshman in high school and it was time to get my first cell phone. I don't think I really needed it but as I look back it set in motion a whole new way of communication for me.

I am never without my cell phone and if I happen to forget it at home it's almost like I lost my right arm. Sad? Probably. But that's my generation. We have been given the ability to communicate with family and friends wherever we are. We can even text message each other if verbal communication is too much or not possible.

But my cell phone isn't the only important technology in my life. I can spend hours on my computer each day but it's not all spent doing homework. Besides reading up on the latest celebrity gossip or sporting news, I can be found on the wonderful, yet addicting, invention we know as Facebook. Facebook gives me the chance to keep in touch with my friends from high school at colleges around the country and check out the latest photos from my friend's crazy nights of college fun.

It's funny because I can navigate through web site after web site while my dad can barely even check his email. There is nothing wrong with that; it's just we are accustomed to a whole new way of socializing. Not only can we talk on the phone but we can communicate on the computer and through text messages. To some it by sound strange but with Facebook and text messages I can write a short message and get a similar short reply without having to deal with those stupid questions we have to ask when we call someone on the phone. Hi, how are you? What are doing? What have you been up to?

Our generation is a society with a short attention span and these new forms of connection make short communication so easy. We are obsessed with having the ability to communicate whenever we want and these new media give us that chance. Our parents may not understand it and say its not necessary, but why not use something that connects us in so many ways? We love to chat and share news and even talk about the occasional exciting college event with friends near and far and if we do it through a text or a post on a Facebook wall, then so be it.