Thing 10: Chat

Of the options given to use for Thing 10, I use both Messenger and Skype on a regular basis. Messenger for chatting by text, Skype for video chatting (although I did use Messenger for a phone call with my sister when I was in Thailand).

I use Messenger and my phone's texting plan as means to communicate with friends and family. Messenger is handy because I can chat with people whose phone numbers I don't have or who live abroad, like my sister in Indonesia. Plus, sending links, images, and videos is, overall, a more fluid process and the Messenger app can handle longer messages. And because Messenger is run by Facebook, I can chat with friends on my computer (my preference) or my phone no matter where I am. With regular texting, I can only use my phone, and when I have a lot to say, it's tiring (what a tragic life I lead), I make more mistakes, and the long messages are divided up to send as smaller batches.

Even K-pop idols are amazed at what phones can do

For our assignment, I decided to bug Ellen using Messenger. It was kind of hard responding only in questions! I once did this in person as improv and failed on my second line. At least this time I was able to collect my thoughts and make sure it was a question. Ellen is quite responsive, so we had this chat in a relatively short span of time and I could see when she had read my messages and was writing back.

As you all know, Ellen is a sweetheart, so our hostile tone is all fun and games. No feelings were hurt in the completion of Thing 10.

Thank you, Ellen, for your help! And for the treats....very yummy:)

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