Comments on: You’ve got 25 words. Go. http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/12/25-words/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25-words Dispatches from Global Messengers: myths, fables, lessons Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sheji Ho http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/12/25-words/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Sheji Ho Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:05:15 +0000 http://www.mercurybrief.com/?p=1947#comment-208 Great article Bob. Makes me think of my search ads -- Google allows only 25 + 70 + 35 = 130 characters in ads. Thank God Chinese is such a concise language. Sheji Ho Beijing Great article Bob. Makes me think of my search ads — Google allows only 25 + 70 + 35 = 130 characters in ads. Thank God Chinese is such a concise language.

Sheji Ho
Beijing

]]> By: Bob Page http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/12/25-words/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Bob Page Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:23:30 +0000 http://www.mercurybrief.com/?p=1947#comment-201 From The New York Times, 8 December 2009 -- "Text messages now outnumber mobile voice calls three to one, according to the Nielsen Company." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/09text.html?_r=1&hpw From The New York Times, 8 December 2009 — “Text messages now outnumber mobile voice calls three to one, according to the Nielsen Company.”

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]]> By: Bob Page http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/12/25-words/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Bob Page Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:13:01 +0000 http://www.mercurybrief.com/?p=1947#comment-200 Recent research from Morgan Stanley says the mobile Internet -- PDAs, smart phones -- has the fastest uptake of any hardware technology, ever. This is just the beginning. http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/10/mobile-internet-tsunami/ Recent research from Morgan Stanley says the mobile Internet — PDAs, smart phones — has the fastest uptake of any hardware technology, ever. This is just the beginning.

http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/10/mobile-internet-tsunami/

]]> By: Van http://www.mercurybrief.com/2009/12/25-words/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Van Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:28:25 +0000 http://www.mercurybrief.com/?p=1947#comment-199 A friend of mine in Los Angeles often reminds me that "It is a PDA world." If you can't be clear and ultra-concise in 25 words, then pick up the phone to ensure understanding. This happened to me yesterday with one of our contract partners. I'd write more but you are probably reading this on a PDA and I'm way over 25 words :) A friend of mine in Los Angeles often reminds me that “It is a PDA world.” If you can’t be clear and ultra-concise in 25 words, then pick up the phone to ensure understanding. This happened to me yesterday with one of our contract partners. I’d write more but you are probably reading this on a PDA and I’m way over 25 words :)

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