A recent Pew study revealed that 80 percent of American cell phone owners use text messaging as a means of communication, sending or receiving an average of 41.5 text messages per day. For the 18-24 age group, 97 percent of cell phone owners text, sending or receiving an average of 109.5 texts per day. One […]
Category Archives: Text Messaging Tips
25 Great Text Messaging Acronyms You May or May Not Need to Know for Your Text-a-Librarian Service
Do you speak text? Your patrons speak many languages, and you can’t learn them all. But one thing you can do to improve service to your patrons is familiarize yourself with some of the more common terms and phrases in their languages of preference. If your patron is text-savvy enough to be texting his or […]
160 characters is a lot more info than you’d think (Mosio lets you send 320 or more, just in case)
We get asked how much information can be shared via text message. Not surprisingly, many people don’t think it is much, even considering the average mobile user manages to share a lot of info with friends, family and co-workers texting from their mobile phones. In 1984 when SMS (Text Messaging) was invented, Friedhelm Hillebrand decided […]
Using QR Codes in Libraries – Thoughts and a Free QR Code Generator
QR Codes – Mobile’s Secret Decoder Ring There seems to be quite an interest about the use of QR codes in libraries lately. I personally have mixed feelings and am still wondering if it’s a bandwagon worth jumping on just yet. Are they cool? Yes. They’re a cell phone’s version of a secret decoder ring. […]
New! Simple but Effective Feature: Text for Instructions
“Aren’t you oversimplifying this? Yes. That’s the whole point.” From the Steve Krug’s new book, Rocket Surgery Made Easy We’ve added a simple, but very effective feature we call “Text for Instructions.” Simply stated, it means your patrons only have to text your keyword to 66746 for instructions on how to use your service. What happens […]
Text Messaging Use in Helplines, Hotlines and Info Lines
Help and Info is Only a Text Away Yesterday Scarleteen, a free sexuality information resource for teens and young adults went live with their Text Scarleteen service. I’ve been quite impressed by the buzz already surrounding their launch of the service in the first day (and their graphic, above, is great as well). Owned and […]
Text a Crime Tip (Poster) – San Francisco Police Department
Text a Tip Software for Schools, Campuses and Education Text a Crime Tip Poster – San Francisco Police Department Taken on Valencia Street in San Francisco, CA. Mobile Text Messaging Crime Tips (photo taken by Mosio: Interactive. Mobile. Engagement )