I was reminded of how quickly technology changes and is adopted. As I tweeted today, a “younger than me” business associate asked me to text her if I sent her an email. “I don’t check email much.” Wow.
The fact that I tweeted that surprises me. Ask me a few years ago about Twitter and I would have probably said, “No, not for me.” I’m not an early adopter of social media tools. I tweet now. I’m still a Facebook holdout.
I do text, primarily with my family and close friends. I have not considered texting in my business life. The thought of texting a client seems wrong to my um, forty something, and that’s-all-you-get-on-my-age, sensibilities.
I can see a few, legitimate uses. You’re running late to a lunch meeting. Your boss is stuck at the airport and you are on your way to pick her up. Your client is stranded in the middle of the desert with nothing but a cell phone. Would I text? Maybe. Would I call first? Yes, probably.
Should today’s younger workforce completely ignore email? Are we sending proposals, documents, ideas, more-than-ten word notices via text now?
So, my question for you is this: How does texting fit into today’s business culture? Send me an EMAIL with your thoughts. I don’t check my texts much!
Elizabeth Chisman Moon is co-founder of Focus Data Solutions, an IT management and solutions firm located in Alexandria, VA.
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