Context

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Learned in this study

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Things to explore

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• What are some other form of communication that could be developed that are more efficient than writing/reading, speaking/listening?

Overview

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Properties

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• Availability
• Resilience (number of copies)
• Throughput
  • Creation
  • Consumption
• Ease of consumption
• Storage requirements

Physical note/document

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Positive

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Negative

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• Not accessible from anywhere

Digital document

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Positive

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• Can be made available anywhere

Negative

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• Require an “expensive” tool for data entry (smartphone, laptop)

In-person voice

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Positive

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Negative

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• Must be present to hear message
• Slower than reading
• Communication can only happen through a single channel
• Can only be retrieved if recorded

Phone call

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Positive

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• Easy to log/record for retrieval

Negative

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• Must be present to hear message
• Slower than reading
• Communication can only happen through a single channel

Chat

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Positive

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• Possibility to delay processing
• Multiple communications can happen in parallel (or more specifically, concurrently as we can’t process two (or more) conversations at the same time)
• Easy to log/record for retrieval

Negative

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• Cannot participate in conversation is processing at a later time

Recorded voice chat

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Positive

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• Possibility to delay processing
• Easy to log/record for retrieval

Negative

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• Cannot participate in conversation is processing at a later time
• Slower than reading

Video conference

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Positive

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Negative

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• Less parallel communication channel(s), it is difficult to have multiple communications at the same time

See also

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References

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