Spencer and Carly

The discussions that took place on Thursday during the presentations given by Spencer and Carly were very thought-provoking. I was interested in the thought given between Chris and David about blogging. Chris mentioned on his blog that a loss of verbal cues through blogging and social media makes this form of communication ineffective. I agreed with his comment because I experienced this inability to effectively communicate last semester when I lived in Washington DC. Although I had every means to communicate with friends and family back home (email, chat, blogging, and skype), it still was just not sufficient to replace the experience of sitting in the same room talking. It almost became tantalizing because of how almost together we all were while never really being together. I can see, however, the benefits of having time to compose and edit thoughts as David mentioned. The ability to compose and compose some more over time is useful in that I can make sure that my thoughts are exactly as I want them before I share them publicly. It seems that any form of communication has its place, pros and cons included.