Mark Batterson Quotes

Skype is a wonderful invention. It might be my favorite thing because I get to see my family and the ones that you love.

These sites have torn down the geographical divide that once prevented long distance social relationships from forming, allowing instant communication and connections to take place and a virtual second life to take hold for its users.

I text a lot people, because it's how I stay connected with all my family and friends when I'm on set and traveling.

The Internet links me to friends and family around the world. Skype rocks!

E-mail is a whole new way of being friends with people: intimate but not, chatty but not, communicative but not; in short, friends but not. What a breakthrough. How did we ever live without it? I have more to say on this subject, but I have to answer an instant message from someone I almost know.

Skype is one of the world's greatest inventions. I use it almost daily to connect with the people I care about when I'm away shooting. It makes the distance so much more bearable and I actually feel like I'm in the same room as my loved ones.

I love my parents so much. My day or night is not complete without talking to them - on Skype.

Tweeting is something you can do wherever you are, on your phone, on the computer, in an airport lounge. It's easy to do, and I do find it fun to communicate with people. It's quite nice that we can have almost direct contact with anyone in the world at any time. I don't know how important it is in terms of one's career. It seems to be pretty much superfluous in terms of that, but it's nice to communicate.

Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.

I think when you're starting up a situation, it's really fun texting or BBMing or whatever.

Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information easier and faster than ever.

Social media allows me to pick my times for social interaction.

In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.

Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me.

I'm not such a fan of the concept of social media, though I don't have anything against it. I still love to call the people I want to be friends with.

I had no idea that social networking would be as prominent as it is today. And it's important to understand what that phenomenon is. If you text someone, you get an immediate response; if you e-mail them, you probably never hear from them.

In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.

Social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr provide an unparalleled ability for people to stay connected in new and unique ways.

Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever.

The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently.

It's impossible. You try to have any kind of relationship with your family, with a man, or with a friend, and you have to be on the phone and the Internet the entire time.

I don't want no mail. Send me a Facebook message.

Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.

I don't understand this whole Twitter, Facebook stuff. I don't get it. Make a phone call. Talk to somebody.

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.