Greetings,
Many of you may recognize the acronym in this blog title, especially if you have kids!
Based on my limited research "IDK" means "I don't know" at least that is what my kids tell me. I get this response from them via text message when I ask them almost any question, especially when I ask them when they are finally moving out.
It seems to me that most of my kids spend a ton of time text messaging their friends, a review of the cell phone bill detail reinforces this fact, it is amazing how many text messages my kids send, it is a wonder they have time for anything else, like eating, sleeping or trashing the house!
I too have been caught up in this form of communication, in fact I text my kids often, even if they are just downstairs from me. Sometimes this is my preferred method of communicating with them, the less "face to face the better"! (Just kidding).
I assure you my rambling has a purpose, albeit a bit too long in coming....recently one of our reps has been working with a large company who is looking at some of our level control equipment.
The customer loves our hardware and our inventory measurement software. During the meeting they mentioned that they would sure like to be able to get information from our system via e-mail or text message. I know e-mail notification is nothing new, nor is the idea of getting a message via an antique device called a pager, and even communicating information via cell phone is not novel, but what seems to be a bit unique to me is the text message request. I guess this is a sign of the times...maybe the next step could be bin level notifications on the screen during a Wii game.
I am curious if many of you are communicating for business purpose via text message, would you find text message notifiers concerning your material levels for example as something of value to you? Are you currently receiving process information from your plants in a manner in which it appears on your phone or your Blackberry-like device?
As I mentioned none of these are new technologies but I am intrigued by how it may have value in the field.
Please let me know your thoughts.
TLK2UL8R,
Scott Bonine
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