Skype

[poliphilo]

We got Skype so we could talk free to Mike in Japan. Yesterday we tried it out for the first time.

And it was like opening a jar of jam in the vicinity of a wasps' nest. All the time we were connected we had calls and texts coming at us from all over. I've never known the like.

"Call me"

"Add me"

"Talk to me"

"Let me show you my penis."

Jeez!

But apart from that it was brilliant. It was strange to have Mike's voice coming out of the computer. He sounded so clear we could almost have been facing one another across the table.

Comments

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

The way of the future.

And I think the future will include people's faces, too, if they want them on.

And this is free? Wonderful. Land-line telephones are going to be archaic soon.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm a little nervous about being visible on the phone.

Mike has a webcam. If we'd had one too we could have been talking face to face.