The New York Times recently posted about a new software that lets people text more discreetly. The software was developed so that you can touch your phone through the material of your jacket or pants and hand write a message, the software would then interpret the message and send it. The article states that this could have many new uses for professionals in meetings that need to reply quickly or when it is awkward to pull out your phone in front of someone. But this seems to me just another step away from professional communication or it could just be an easier way to foster and maintain relationships in this every more technological world.
Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/business/texting-without-looking-on-a-new-touch-screen.html?_r=1&ref=business
Excellent summary and story. I like this bit: "So while you’re writing on your pocket, you can maintain polite eye contact with the group, no longer betrayed by those telltale downward gazes necessary to text with a standard screen. (Unfortunately, you will still need to look down, and be possessed of X-ray vision, to view any response.)"
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