Not more than 5 years ago, Skype and Voip conversations were an opaque reality. Especially here where I am living now: Bella Italia. But habits and interactions change at an increasing pace and you hardly notice how fast your communications “evolve”.
My very first approach to the net has b een chatting and surfing on the web. I still remember my father showing me the potentialities of this new tool that he was not going to understand as I was. But I have never thought of how pervasive MSN would have become just few years later: exchanging msn contacts is the new way to be in touch with people you meet; it works even better than the ‘traditional’ phone number… probably because chatting is still perceived as less invasive. (More …)