Word: instantness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...story to the girls, they understood the risks they would be facing.” Team members said they were adjusting to the change by finding other ways to share information. “We’re finding other ways to communicate, like getting back to AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) more,” freshman Christina L. L. Hagner ’10 said. Erin M. Wylie ’09, a sophomore, said the sacrifice was worth it. “We don’t want to put our team at risk or have any big distractions...
FREE TO STAY SMOOSH THE AGES OF Seattle-based sisters Asya and Chloe--that would be 14 and 12--make Smoosh seem like a joke band. But the songs, written mostly on keyboards and drums, are 100% for real. Find a Way, Free to Stay and Gold deliver instant sunshine without being mannered or juvenile. The lyrics hew to the pop tradition of saying everything and nothing, except that in Asya's high tremolo, phrases like "I don't know why I do these things/ I always regret them/ In the end" sound deeply sincere and possibly even meaningful. Listen...
...corporate BlackBerrys, e-mails appear on the device as soon as they are received. Our only problem was that Microsoft's Hotmail was not compatible, although its MSN Messenger, like AIM and Yahoo!, could be accessed through the Pearl's instant-messaging program. The keyboard, which overlays QWERTY onto a standard-looking number pad, was remarkably good at anticipating what word or phrase we meant to type before we were done. With Bluetooth wireless connectivity, voice dialing and a new application that lets you zoom and swoop all over a U.S. road map, the complete package is so seductive...
...Lisa Krowinski, owner of Sapling Press in Pittsburgh, Pa., who became a full-time letterpress operator in early 2004. She loves the instant gratification letterpress printing offers. "When you're done, you have a stack of whatever you've just printed right in front of you," says Krowinski, who owns three letterpresses. She's a one-person shop, dividing her time between turning out her own stock cards, which she wholesales for $2.25, and custom work like wedding invitations and personal stationery. She projects 2006 revenues in the middle five figures...
...live in an age of instant gratification. The kids can't wait for their adrenaline fix, and the moguls can't wait to peddle it to them. What this gives us is violent entertainment for the young. What it deprives us of is mature entertainment for the mature...