I love that I have two children that really embrace technology. It’s so interesting for me to see experience how they communicate with one another and their friends and family as a result of having so many communication channels at their fingertips (literally) 24/7.
As a huge fan of video communications, it’s exciting to see signs that video is beginning to trump even SMS for quick and immediate communication in some instances. Need a real-life and easy example to help illustrate the point? Experience this one with me, won’t you?

Just last night my oldest sat next to me in the car where I was picking her up after the final night of “closed auditions” for the high school dance team. She carried with her an envelope that contained a note from the judges that was the final word related to her hopes of making the team and the ultimate result of a week of auditions that had taken place from 4-6pm every night that week.

Of course I had wanted the answer as much as she did (maybe more) and I asked her if she’d made the team before she’d even had both feet in the car.
“I don’t know yet,” she said nervously. “I haven’t opened it yet!”

As it turns out, she wouldn’t open the envelope until she was in a semi-private location where she could turn on her camera phone and record the experience – for better or worse. Her plan was that, regardless of the outcome, she’d be sharing it with her friends and family that weren’t able to be at the closed auditions, in as “live” a format as possible. They would know (or learn about) the results just like they were there as it happened.

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