The Washington Post carried an article today about the romantic perils and pitfalls created by the proliferation of different ways to communicate with others, particularly potential romantic partners.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/03/AR2009050302184.html?sub%3DAR&sub=AR

The article suggested that the many and varied options for communicating - including social media like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, plus email, texting, and instant messaging - might actually impede communication and ironically reduce social interaction.

People tend to gravitate toward their preferred medium (especially those in their 30s and above). So, we've become isolated in our own communications silos, one person texting, while the other is using voice communication (what we used to refer to as simply "calling").

For us here at MyWirelessReview the implications go beyond the sometimes silly little miscommunications upon which romantic comedies are based. We're committed to promoting social and economic access to people with disabilities through the use of wireless communications technology. Usually, such access results from having multiple choices and points of access in terms of technology and media.

But, what if too many choices actually undermines access? Reduces communication?

I think it's all about finding your technological niche and making it work best for you. It will now be a prerequisite to ask your paramour which form of communication they prefer. There are so many options now that you're going to have to adapt your communications to a given situational environment and the intended recipient.

Though I did like this quote, "Sexual compatibility, out! Textual compatibility, in!"

Viva, la revolucion!

-brlippin