Connections

I got a call from my uncle yesterday. Nothing strange in that, you might think. But he's 84 years old and he was calling on Skype to ask for the link to my blog. We had a good chat about family and what was going on in eveyone's lives. Thinking about it afterwards, it suddenly hit me what an extraordinary tool Skype is.

2 weeks ago, I used Skype to participate in a meeting between colleagues in Vancouver, India, Namibia, and Trinidad & Tobago. I also spoke to a friend who is working for 6 weeks in Kiribati (look it up - it's very far!!). But then I use it to message chat to Laurence when he's supposed to be working in his office in London ... and to send internet links across the living room from my computer to John's! I also skype chat to friends in Seattle, Rwanda and Gaborone. All for free. I love this internet thing-y.

So those of you that I love and never talk to - please get a skype account and let me know what your skype name is ... then we can all be so much more connected. Skype rocks!