How do you have a quick online conversation with friends and family? Email, Text, Instant Messaging, and Google+ Messenger

How do you have a quick online conversation with friends and family?

This is funny, I remember when snail mail was the typical form of communication with friends and family back in the 80's. That is if you didn't just pick up the phone and call your friends. 

There were times that the phone made sense. There were also times when mail made sense. If you're sending an invitation obviously, the mail made sense.

To my teenage kids, mail would never make sense.

Have you ever thought what is the best form of a quick communication to your friends or family?

I had this conversation with my family about communication. Doesn't it make sense to have a family communication plan?

My wife said, "Email", just has my teenage boys were rolling their eyes and saying "Email! That is out mom. We send text messages now".

It is funny how my teenage kids describe email. Much how I described mail to my parents back in the 90's.

Email is slow and full of spam mail. That pretty much describes mail, right? I mean, that is how mail got the name "snail mail" right?

In my family discussion, It is funny that my daughter was the only one who mentioned instant mail. It is probably because she is too young for a phone and instant message is her only mode of communication. She uses the Google+ Messenger system. It is commonly know as "Google Chat".

I know you're probably familiar with email and text messaging, but have you sent a message via Google Messenger? If not, try it out. If you need to add the face-to-face element to the conversation, click on the camera icon. This will switch the conversation from 1 sentence messages to a video chat, commonly known as a Google Hangout.

An example of how I have used Google+ Messenger recently is a recent excursion to the grocery store. While I was in an appointment, my wife sent me a message, "Will you go by the grocery store on the way home?"

I replied, "Yes, what do you want me to grab?"

She replied back, "sauce and chips".

When I arrived at the grocery store, I noticed that they were stocked with her favorite chips but they were out of her favorite Mexican sauce. After a few messages back and forth, I hit the camera button and switched the conversation to a video chat. It worked out perfect because I pointed the camera to the various sauces and she picked the one she wanted me to get. If we kept sending messages back and forth, I think I would have completely described every Mexican sauce on the isle. Even if I called my wife, I would have still described every bottle of sauce 2 or 3 times. The video function of Google+ Messenger helped me save lots of time.

Have you tried out the Google+ Messenger? Google+ Messenger also has a group chat function. Messenger is part of Google+ Mobile.

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