(Indeed, I also off and on use email as an organisational device, so would do so all the time, but *also* do so regardless as a one off just to get a reminder of something.)
*thinks* I ticked the ones where I'd *probably* talk to them on the computer.
However close they were, there's a minority of times when I'd talk to them on the computer anyway: if the conversation were more suited to that[1]; if it less disturbed other people who are concentrating; if it were part of an ongoing conversation with third parties; if I wanted a "paper trail"; if I knew a message would be less intrusive for them; if they'd prefer a message; if it needed to be secret from third parties present; or for humour value.
(Also obviously, my comment wasn't meant to imply that I'd never go talk in person to someone somewhere else, merely that for brief conveyancing of information, IRC may be superior; for socialising it obviously depends :))
[x] If it was about something they needed to remember. [x] If it was part of a conversation including other people who weren't so close. [x] If we were in the same room having a conversation and they said "Can you toss me a link to ?". [x] If I didn't want someone else to overhear. [x] If I didn't want to disturb someone else by shouting. [x] If it was funny.
I have texted people while in bed with them, though not while "in bed" with them.
For most people I know/"know", I'd think an email would be better[1] :) And also, this relies on the phone not waking them up when the text arrives. If not, I admit that's perfectly sensible thing to do.
[1] Some people might prefer a paper note, but if you're used to tasks arriving electronically, a note is just something you have to transcribe.
*hug* OK, that makes sense. (My brain is thinking "Agh! Unromantic inefficiency". But then, I'm not normal. And would probably think differently *in* bed :))
And being silly definitely is romantic (eg. because you're so relaxed it doesn't matter, romance is difficult if it has to be serious, witness how people in love always laugh), just that for me personally an emphasis on analysing the most efficient nature of communication narrowly pips it to the post :)
At work I use Skype all the time to talk to co-workers to minimise disruption (and also to gossip :p), but I do still sometimes go to people's desks when I can't be bothered to type out what I need help with.
At House! I used the IM in Warcraft to talk to Pete, whose PC was downstairs in the lounge. We can't get away with that in Spontaneity, since our PCs are next to each other ;)
Actually I think an argument could be made that hugging and in bed should be swapped; then the last two items would represent a shift from proximity to activity.
I think I read "in 'bed' with" as "in an ongoing financial or sexual relationship with" when I should have read it as "undergoing a transaction right now". But it doesn't make much difference.
At work I use IM a lot. As the IM client keeps a log in a Lotus Notes database, old conversations can be searched easily. Very handy for proving that users lie. A lot.
I ticked most of the boxes (down to 50cm - if Tony and I are both at-computer in the study our chairs are about that far apart), and yet I talk in-person too. If it's *only* me and Tony that's fairly rare, but we'll often both be talking on-channel with people rather further away.
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Date: 2008-04-01 12:47 pm (UTC)However close they were, there's a minority of times when I'd talk to them on the computer anyway: if the conversation were more suited to that[1]; if it less disturbed other people who are concentrating; if it were part of an ongoing conversation with third parties; if I wanted a "paper trail"; if I knew a message would be less intrusive for them; if they'd prefer a message; if it needed to be secret from third parties present; or for humour value.
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Date: 2008-04-01 01:35 pm (UTC)(Also obviously, my comment wasn't meant to imply that I'd never go talk in person to someone somewhere else, merely that for brief conveyancing of information, IRC may be superior; for socialising it obviously depends :))
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Date: 2008-04-01 01:29 pm (UTC)[x] If it was part of a conversation including other people who weren't so close.
[x] If we were in the same room having a conversation and they said "Can you toss me a link to ?".
[x] If I didn't want someone else to overhear.
[x] If I didn't want to disturb someone else by shouting.
[x] If it was funny.
I have texted people while in bed with them, though not while "in bed" with them.
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Date: 2008-04-01 01:37 pm (UTC)To say what? "Are you awake?" "If we had done it, would it have been good 4 U 2?" :) (Although seriously, slightly puzzled.)
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Date: 2008-04-01 01:51 pm (UTC)[1] Some people might prefer a paper note, but if you're used to tasks arriving electronically, a note is just something you have to transcribe.
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Date: 2008-04-01 01:34 pm (UTC)At House! I used the IM in Warcraft to talk to Pete, whose PC was downstairs in the lounge. We can't get away with that in Spontaneity, since our PCs are next to each other ;)
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Date: 2008-04-01 01:44 pm (UTC)They don't seem to be any more...
It should be possible to animate LJ polls results as they grow as people answer them.
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Date: 2008-04-01 01:53 pm (UTC)Curse you, anti-statistical bed-texters.
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Date: 2008-04-02 09:51 am (UTC)I think I read "in 'bed' with" as "in an ongoing financial or sexual relationship with" when I should have read it as "undergoing a transaction right now". But it doesn't make much difference.
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Date: 2008-04-01 02:31 pm (UTC)I do, however, have a well-evolved sense of irony about geek stereotypes.
What about talking to a nearby person but also more distant people?
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Date: 2008-04-01 10:51 pm (UTC)just a minute...
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