Comments on: Motherhood, archiving and the text message http://www.helenmorgan.net/2007/09/03/motherhood-archiving-and-the-text-message/ snapperup of unconsidered trifles Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:38:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Helen Morgan http://www.helenmorgan.net/2007/09/03/motherhood-archiving-and-the-text-message/comment-page-1/#comment-343 Helen Morgan Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:21:21 +0000 http://www.helenmorgan.net/2007/09/03/motherhood-archiving-and-the-text-message/#comment-343 I meant to reply to these but didn't, until now. Searching on technorati as I do occasionally to see whether anyone has blogged one of my Flickr photos, and came across <a href="http://dogballs.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/09/men-are-from-ma.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> which had blogged my post here. Men! So economical with birth announcements! Mary, I can't bring myself to spell in abbreviation; Angela, I just don't understand Twitter! Anne-Marie, how right you are. In the Flickr conversation which accompanied this image, one person said they write the messages down, abbreviations and all. I'm glad I asked the question! I meant to reply to these but didn’t, until now. Searching on technorati as I do occasionally to see whether anyone has blogged one of my Flickr photos, and came across this post which had blogged my post here. Men! So economical with birth announcements!

Mary, I can’t bring myself to spell in abbreviation; Angela, I just don’t understand Twitter! Anne-Marie, how right you are.

In the Flickr conversation which accompanied this image, one person said they write the messages down, abbreviations and all. I’m glad I asked the question!

]]> By: Anne-Marie http://www.helenmorgan.net/2007/09/03/motherhood-archiving-and-the-text-message/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Anne-Marie Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:56:57 +0000 http://www.helenmorgan.net/2007/09/03/motherhood-archiving-and-the-text-message/#comment-336 I wish I had something to clever to suggest. Your texts are a unique records. Kids' phases pass without you even noticing; even within a few weeks you find yourself in a new phase and the situations that once needed every scrap of your energy and ingenuity are suddenly forgotten because of new demands. Your photographs seem to be the best solution for now. They also act as records of your recordkeeping dilemma! I wish I had something to clever to suggest. Your texts are a unique records. Kids’ phases pass without you even noticing; even within a few weeks you find yourself in a new phase and the situations that once needed every scrap of your energy and ingenuity are suddenly forgotten because of new demands. Your photographs seem to be the best solution for now. They also act as records of your recordkeeping dilemma!

]]> By: Angela at mommy bytes http://www.helenmorgan.net/2007/09/03/motherhood-archiving-and-the-text-message/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Angela at mommy bytes Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:33:59 +0000 http://www.helenmorgan.net/2007/09/03/motherhood-archiving-and-the-text-message/#comment-335 You ought to try Twitter. You can txt directly there as well. I'm at http://twitter.com/moonfever0 You ought to try Twitter. You can txt directly there as well. I’m at http://twitter.com/moonfever0

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