Blog Entries

Arkansas Professor Creates New App for Text Messaging in School

templewolf@comcast.net — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Young adults can now purchase a subscription to the Ruby Translator application for just a few dollars. It will allow students to take quick and easy texting notes with immediate translation to longh [...]

Texting Pocket Glossaries

templewolf@comcast.net — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

So i can't remember a time when language has been so incredibly non intuitive as with text messaging. Different shortcuts, different acronyms. And English is my first language. You can image how immigrants struggle to understand the American language.

All these terms can mean different things. So do you feel it would be helpful to have one master set of terms that everyone can learn so their are no communication breakdowns?

Test Your Text Messaging Manners

templewolf@excelinmarketing.com — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:24:29 +0100

- Do you make the people you are with your first priority over making phone calls or text messaging?

- Do you stop text messaging when you’re with either friends or family?

- If you’re an adult, do you stop texting work or friends when you’re spending time with your children?

- Do you use text messaging when you’re with others for planning and logistical purposes only?

- Do you make text messages quick and to-the-point when you’re with other people?

- Do you have [...]

Etiquette Isn’t a Thing of the Past in Texting, It’s JC

templewolf@excelinmarketing.com — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:01:47 +0100

By Beth Allen, Contributing Writer

Six middle-school kids sit side-by-side in the front row of a theater waiting for the movie to begin. Getting that many kids together in any social gathering when it’s not a birthday is no mean feat, yet there is no laughter or conversation among them to mark this rare occasion. Instead, they sit in wordless isolation; their shoulders hunched over small illuminated screens, their heads dropped forward in silent concentration, their fingers busily sendi [...]

Texting Can Land You in Jail

templewolf@excelinmarketing.com — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

So the texting community is all the rage. Unfortunately a young lady was just arrested for texting in class. Friends, there is texting etiquette, and its important to know there is a time and a place for everything.

"A 14-year-old girl in a Wisconsin high school paid the price for ignoring her teacher with a court date and $298 in bail. The student was reportedly text messaging throughout math class, despite her teacher's requests to stop texti [...]

Text Messaging Etiquette

info@seohaus.com — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Texting Etiquette

What do you think texters do that is rude?

Well i have the opinion that there are too many text messagers with bad manners.

What is My Textalk?

templewolf@excelinmarketing.com — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

My Textalk™ provides an expansive array of definitions provided by kids across the web. As they create their own language, they add to our printed glossaries sold online and in retail stores. But there is more. Not only will they receive the most up-to-date glossaries, but each version is customized for their gender. Sharing their questions and insights about the opposite genders’ attitudes and feelings, our publishers will capture key insights and publish in the glossaries with all the definiti [...]