What the Hell is... Textroversion

February 20, 2009 12:00 AM

By Michael Aaron Frandy, Studio Manager, The Halo Group

There's a relatively new term to describe a person who might be quiet and noncommunicative in person—-but who is rather loquacious when utilizing text (or instant) messaging and email: textroverted.

If you’re a textrovert, you gain your courage to communicate through these modern technologies. Imagine the freedom afforded to a shy teenage boy who might not have the intestinal fortitude to call up a girl to ask her for a date. Now, he can easily pick up his iPhone or BlackBerry and send off a quick offer to go out.

Textroversion also has its place in today's world of business communication. Since it is now de rigueur to have a two-way electronic device holstered to your hip, shooting off a brief, succinct request — and receiving a reply in kind — can quickly cleave through the sometimes unnecessary, time-wasting layers of in-person/verbal-based social pleasantries.

In today's business climate, where we're all called upon to do more with less person-power and fewer resources, you've got a finite amount of time to solve a seemingly infinite amount of problems. These new communication technologies afford nearly instantaneous responses in time-sensitive —and potentially money-losing — situations.

Just don't forget to occasionally take a break to look out the window, to catch up in person with your friends and workmates, and, most importantly, to breathe.

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