"And Now, The End Is Near (For Text Messages)……"
It’s now in full flight. We have guinea pigs, our little control group, a huge swathe of other listeners who are going to give it a lash, even I’m going to do it for the sake of scientific experimentation. There’s even talk of us doing an entirely text free day on the show next week…
Give up text messaging for the week is the brief.
So here’s how it works…
No texting of any kind (webtext included) from the time you get up on Monday morning to 5pm on Friday evening. Someone texts you, you have to call them back.
Simple really but can you do it? Will it change your life or the nature of your relationships with your friends and family? We’ll find out all next week on the show…
I…I….I…I…cannnnnnnnnn’t….my thumb would fall off!
No, your thumb would get some recovery time….
[...] Rick O’Shea conducted an experiment some time ago where listeners to his radio show gave up texting for a week. I don’t know how they got on, but I’m sure there were no long term casualties. [...]
lecraic » Nomo-phobia - They’re having a laugh said this on March 31, 2008 at 3:27 pm