Communication Apps
In one of his blogs, Ben Thompson listed 10 social apps he had used in the last two days (in no particular order): “ Twitter , for keeping up on news and commenting on tech and stratechery Facebook , for posting personal status updates and checking in LINE , for text messaging with my wife and friends in Taiwan Snapchat , for exchanging photos with my wife Skype , for instant messaging with my colleagues Facetime , for talking with my wife and kids Instagram , for posting cool photos Email , for all types of content, both work and personal Photostream , for sharing photos with my family WordPress , for posting to this blog” Why so many apps? Thompson’s answer: “Social is about communication, and communication is, and always has been, conducted through multiple mediums... There are three primary means of communication: text, photo, and video/voice.” He even drew a map of the different apps and the purpose they serve (1-to-1 or 1-to-many? Permanent or eph...