Tag Archives: Friendship

The Rise and Fall of Instant Messaging (Internet Ate My Communication, Part 2)

As easily, as e-mail had killed real letters, instant messaging wiped out most of my casual communication several years later. In the 1990’s it first looked like a miracle to me. One wrote something and it appeared on your friend’s … Continue reading

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Internet Has Not Eaten All My Communication, Part 1

Fun, fun, fun. Less than 24 hours since I wrote my sigh about letters being gone forever I received an e-mail from a friend who currently lives on the other side of the Pond. She wrote me a genuine e-letter, … Continue reading

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Bye Bye Letters, Bye Bye Intimacy (Interent Ate My Communication, Part 1)

Perhaps it’s as my friend Martin says, “When you’ve got a hammer, everything seems to be a nail.” I’m currently working on a book on my life with 8-bit computers, so I can’t rule out that I just want to … Continue reading

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