As 2008 dawns and I look to send new year greetings to my friends, it struck me that the range of options for communicating a short message have never been so wide and varied. For example, I could:
- Send a letter, card or postcard through the mail
- Phone the person's land line, or mobile..
- ..and leave a voice mail message if they're unable to take the call
- Send a fax
- Send a text message to a mobile or land line
- Send an email
- Send an instant message or voice message using one of the many IM clients
- ..or hold a voice conversation over IM
- ..or a video conference over IM
- ..or send a nudge or a wink
- Use a Social Networking website to send an email
- ..or write on someone's wall
- Start a discussion group, using Google Groups or Yahoo Groups (many others also exist)
- Post a new blog entry
- Put a personal message in the newspaper
- Send a greeting through the local radio
- Delegate the task of contacting everyone to a personal outsourcing client, who will greet everyone on my behalf
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