Last night I was at Blockbuster renting The Invasion (a pretty decent remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I recommend it). While there, I happened across a copy of 10 Things I Hate About You. I immediately made a pouty face, something that I will probably always do when I think of Heath Ledger. However this is a blog about texting and not a memorial to tragically early deaths.
Well then, you might be asking, what do Heath and texting have to do with each other? The way that I learned about Heath's death was through a text. I received simultaneous text messages about his death from my friends Suzy and Eana. I, in turn, texted my friends Mary Bear, Josh and Heather. What is interesting is that Mary Bear called me back to tell me she was sitting in a class room, waiting for a class to start, and she had already gotten the news from her friend Missy, via text. Not only that but a girl sitting in class next to her, had gotten a text about Heath only moments before Mary Bear had gotten mine and Missy's. Josh had gotten a text message about him as well.
It would be interesting to have access to the SMSC to see how many text messages were sent about Heath Ledger in an hour span. Granted, I only know about those ten people, but yet those ten people all had access within minutes to information all through text messaging. It's fascinating how information can travel through just our cell phones.
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