Monday, January 5, 2009

Reducing Time and Space


Dr. Ghosh uses the program called skype to interact and spend time with his wife and kids who live 9,000 miles away in New Zealand. Dr. Ghosh lives in his Philadelphia office and never has time to take a trip to New Zealand. Therefore, skype, as well as other programs (AIM, MSN, etc.) helps people reduce the time and distance away from each other. Dr. Ghosh’s wife is an assistant professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand.
“‘Families today are undergoing all sorts of strains that didn’t exist before and are simply having to adjust to make things work,’ said David Popenoe, co-director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University, who says the challenging economy may force more couples into commuter marriages for the sake of a paycheck.” I definitely agree with David’s statement and strongly recommend that families use programs like skype to keep them together. However, I prefer other programs like AIM and OOVOO to help keep families together. OOVOO is highly recommended because one can keep in touch with more than one person at the same time.

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