Tag Archives: screens

Text Me

Posted on November 25, 2010 by AXM

Why announce on the PA, when you can text? The use of on-screen text messaging on a recent flight got me thinking about the benefits of text-based communication. Why wouldn’t you use the PA? Same reason we avoid phone calls: an on-screen message is much less disruptive. But you can still get the message out. [...]

A World of Choice

Posted on November 25, 2010 by AXM

I remember as a child flying back and forth between Los Angeles and Manila. It was, and still is, a long flight, some 17 hours if you take the long way through Tokyo. Back then, the only entertainment was a book, a Game Boy (remember those?) and, if you were lucky, a good movie. I [...]