A Few Words on Contacting Me
Don’t bother. Just kidding. I get giddy when people drop me a message or a question from this site so you may use the contact form below to reach me if you’d like, or check out the other options in yonder sidebar. If there’s a green check mark next to the service it means I’m available. So give it go. If there’s a big red x it could mean any number of things.
As for my preference for which method to use, for what it’s worth, give Skype a try first. I mean, I hardly ever talk on the phone. I don’t own a cell phone. If the phone rings I never pick it up. In fact, I believe through some evolutionary quirk I no longer have the ability to hear a phone ring, which is nice. With all that said, I’d prefer to talk with someone then type. My fingers bleed type. I don’t need to type more. So if you can use Skype. Call me. We’ll talk. I’m not scary. I don’t breath heavy to strangers. Voice is better. If you’re a total pansy, or think Skype is a French cuisine of snails and frog guts, then my next preferred method of communication would be “any of the above.”
Self Explanatory, Unless You’re Riding a Mean Methamphetamine Buzz
Brief Explanation of the Methods of Communication
I’m occasionally guilty of assuming everyone knows what I know. However, for the sake of this page I will assume you do not know what a few of these methods of communication are, or how to use them. Think of this as a little education on the slight chance someone might need it.
Skype
From their website, “Skype was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. Skype created a little piece of software that makes communicating with people around the world easy and fun. With Skype you can say hello or share a laugh with anyone, anywhere. And if both of you are on Skype, it’s free.”” It’s easiest to think of Skype as the telephone in your computer. You can call, for free, anyone who has downloaded and installed Skype on their computer. There’s a lot more you can do with Skype, but basically it’s being able to call and talk to people from the ease of your computer.
From their website, “Twitter is global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, IM, or right here on the web!” On a cynical day, I tend to think of Twitter as a canyon of narcissistic echoes. On a more enlightened day, Twitter is a wonderful way to communicate with friends, or the connected world. Basically, Twitter is an IM client to everyone. If you use an Apple Computer then go download the beautiful Twitterific.
Pownce
From their website, “Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You’ll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them, or even just one other person really fast.” If email and an Instant Message client has sex the bastard child would be Pownce. It’s convieiant because it can always be on. You can be treat people like you did in high school, think creating cliques, and it serves multiple functions. You can use it from a web browser, and/or a desktop application. You can download the desktop application from their website.
