Nancy Jo Sales Quotes

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.

I like Instagram - it's a good way to keep up with my friends without having to text or call all the time, and I really like Snapchat.

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

Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on my cell phone all day long, and it warbles to alert me that someone has sent me a message on Facebook or a reply or direct message on Twitter, but it rarely ever rings.

All the trends show that email usage among the younger cohorts of Internet users is declining. Whether it will take five or 30 years for email to go extinct, I'm not sure.

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

Communications is the biggest driver of frequency of use of anything. Think about how many times a day you check your email on your phone or text someone or message someone.

When we look at social media, we really look at it on a continuum, and the continuum is from accumulation to instant expression.

The sole forms of social interaction I was aware of as a kid involved a jungle gym and a sticker book. It was only in high school that ICQ - a prehistoric form of instant messaging - was first incorporated into my cultural vocabulary.

I'm astonished at the speed of social media as it can get things done really fast.

Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, young and old all make use of networking sites to connect with people electronically to share pictures, information, course work, and common interests.

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

I don't see such a huge difference between online and 'in real life'. I think it has now become one and the same.

We are living our lives more online and you need to have different ways to capture that.

Social networking helps reach people easier and quicker.

There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in a more efficient way.

Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication.

Nowadays, Skype is a generational way of putting both people on camera at the same time.

It's amazing how directly you can connect with people via social media.

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.

When it comes to the Internet, people like dealing with people.

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

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

But the idea that some day people would want to be able to interact and get stock quotes and talk with other people or all these different things, I just believed that was going to happen.

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