Communication over distance?

mtbhomerGuest24 February 2009 12:26:27

Hi All,

I am a student Industrial Design from Eindhoven University of Technology and currently doing research for a product which supports the communication between loved ones living far away from each other.

I was hoping that you could tell something about your experiences about communication with people back at home, and especially people you are close with (family, relationship).

To make it easier to talk about these experiences I wrote down some questions:

- Which communication media/devices do you use?
- Do you feel comfortable while communicating?
- Do you communicate about small day-to-day experiences/problems as you would do when the person is living together with you?
- Are there any rituals you developed when being close to the person you still have through communication devices?
- How do you deal with time-zone differences?
- Are you able to communicate non-verbally?

Curious to hear your stories

Regards Martijn

oreneta ViP

Member since 15 January 2007

orenetaViP24 February 2009 22:07:55

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- Which communication media/devices do you use?
- Do you feel comfortable while communicating?
- Do you communicate about small day-to-day experiences/problems as you would do when the person is living together with you?
- Are there any rituals you developed when being close to the person you still have through communication devices?
- How do you deal with time-zone differences?
- Are you able to communicate non-verbally?

I use a blog and e-mail, I used to use skype a bit, but the mike broke...occasionally a phone call, only with family though...and one friend who has a fantastic plan so it is almost free.

Yes, I feel comfortable.

On the blog, to some extent, the blog is somewhat anonymous, so there are things I don't talk about, things that would let people know where we live, and I don't talk about work. That would be stupid. E-mail...no.

No rituals....well, I write the blog, and they read it if they want. Very few of my friends or family comment.

Time zone with a blog is not a problem...stay up late usually for the phone...

Most communication is non-verbal. Hope that helped!