Comments on: Face Time http://blogs.gcigroup.com/blogline/2006/12/11/face-time/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:14:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: <![CDATA[lalitha]]> http://blogs.gcigroup.com/blogline/2006/12/11/face-time/#comment-478 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:57:24 +0000 http://blogs.gcigroup.com/blogline/2006/12/11/face-time/#comment-478 yes the present electronic media has taken the world faar away, but still we miss seeing face to face and talk, may be over a period of time our youngsters will get used to all this. yes the present electronic media has taken the world faar away, but still we miss seeing face to face and talk, may be over a period of time our youngsters will get used to all this.

]]> By: <![CDATA[Ramya Kumaraswamy]]> http://blogs.gcigroup.com/blogline/2006/12/11/face-time/#comment-477 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:42:20 +0000 http://blogs.gcigroup.com/blogline/2006/12/11/face-time/#comment-477 Maybe not too far in the future you can have both...face time with the speed of 5-minute communication aka virtual worlds! Companies can now have a virtual life portal where employees from around the world can assemble to receive good and bad news :) Maybe not too far in the future you can have both…face time with the speed of 5-minute communication aka virtual worlds! Companies can now have a virtual life portal where employees from around the world can assemble to receive good and bad news :)

]]> By: <![CDATA[Stefan Maletych]]> http://blogs.gcigroup.com/blogline/2006/12/11/face-time/#comment-476 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:26:08 +0000 http://blogs.gcigroup.com/blogline/2006/12/11/face-time/#comment-476 Wow, this is a tough one. While I'm sure some of it depends on personal preference, I think that subsequent generations will care less about "face time." Right now, I think we are in the middle of a shift. This has no doubt has caused a lot of debate between those who still feel that human contact is a necessity, those who believe it's a nice added "extra", and still others who don't think it's important at all. What's interesting to note though (at least in my experience) is that it is VERY difficult to project subtleties across an instant messaging application or email. It's very easy to misunderstand someone, to take their humour incorrectly, or to take offense to something that was supposed to be light-hearted. I feel that unless you know the person you are 'IMing' or emailing quite well, there is too much room for error when discussing things from remote locations. But maybe that's just because I am somewhere in the middle of this shift, and am less proficient than the younger generations at getting my point across on ICQ or MSN. Wow, this is a tough one. While I’m sure some of it depends on personal preference, I think that subsequent generations will care less about “face time.”

Right now, I think we are in the middle of a shift. This has no doubt has caused a lot of debate between those who still feel that human contact is a necessity, those who believe it’s a nice added “extra”, and still others who don’t think it’s important at all.

What’s interesting to note though (at least in my experience) is that it is VERY difficult to project subtleties across an instant messaging application or email. It’s very easy to misunderstand someone, to take their humour incorrectly, or to take offense to something that was supposed to be light-hearted.

I feel that unless you know the person you are ‘IMing’ or emailing quite well, there is too much room for error when discussing things from remote locations.

But maybe that’s just because I am somewhere in the middle of this shift, and am less proficient than the younger generations at getting my point across on ICQ or MSN.

]]> By: <![CDATA[Katie g]]> http://blogs.gcigroup.com/blogline/2006/12/11/face-time/#comment-475 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:28:08 +0000 http://blogs.gcigroup.com/blogline/2006/12/11/face-time/#comment-475 Growing up in the 'electronic era' and qualifying as a 'young PR professional', I stand right in the very middle of the line on this topic. I love communicating electronically, but hearing someone's voice or seeing their non-verbal communication is so important in interacting with people. As a part of GCI, I have had the priviledge of working with colleagues across offices. I have made some really close friends through email and instant messaging (with occasional phone calls). We even said the other day, 'its amazing how good of friends we have become, yet we have never even met each other.' We both feel like we should at least have some mutal happy hour stories to share! But how great does it feel when you actually get to put a face to the name?!? It also makes a difference in future coorespondence with that person. In regards to being fired over email...it happened in 2006, and it was not very well respected. I hope that my employer (now and in the future) would have the audacity to have a face-to-face conversation with me about the areas that I am not performing and subsequently why I am no longer employed with them. However, if I didnt care about the job, then I dont think I would care how they fired me. Ktg Growing up in the ‘electronic era’ and qualifying as a ‘young PR professional’, I stand right in the very middle of the line on this topic. I love communicating electronically, but hearing someone’s voice or seeing their non-verbal communication is so important in interacting with people.

As a part of GCI, I have had the priviledge of working with colleagues across offices. I have made some really close friends through email and instant messaging (with occasional phone calls). We even said the other day, ‘its amazing how good of friends we have become, yet we have never even met each other.’ We both feel like we should at least have some mutal happy hour stories to share! But how great does it feel when you actually get to put a face to the name?!? It also makes a difference in future coorespondence with that person.

In regards to being fired over email…it happened in 2006, and it was not very well respected. I hope that my employer (now and in the future) would have the audacity to have a face-to-face conversation with me about the areas that I am not performing and subsequently why I am no longer employed with them. However, if I didnt care about the job, then I dont think I would care how they fired me.

Ktg

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