Hey Leila - I found your blog awhile back from a bit in Details magazine. I don't know if you're interested in more press, but this query from the WSJ came through this morning and I thought you might be interested in responding...
TECHNOLOGY: Text Messaging -- The Wall Street Journal
I am writing a story about the increase in people using resources to decode text messages. I'd like an expert to talk about any of the following: why people feel the need to decode; how they are decoding; what this suggests about the future of communication. Contact: Stephanie Raposo, stephanie.raposo@wsj.com
Thank you so much for sending this along! I would like more publicity for the blog, and I'll definitely get in touch with this journalist (though whether I qualify as an "expert" is questionable).
And thanks also for still reading this blog. That Details piece came out a while ago, and I appreciate that you haven't forgotten about The Leila Texts since then.
When you send a text message on the Verizon network, you can address your text by choosing a name out of your contact list, or you can address it by typing in a phone number. You can also type in a name. And if you type in L-E-I-L-A, then-- bizarrely-- your text will come to me. This is a blog about the texts I have received. All of them are from strangers, intended for other Leilas, but obviously they missed their marks.
I'm the author of the novels MOSTLY GOOD GIRLS, PAST PERFECT, and the forthcoming THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. I also, for five years, received thousands of text messages intended for strangers named Leila on the Verizon network (http://theleilatexts.blogspot.com). Learn more about me at http://www.leilasales.com.
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Hey Leila - I found your blog awhile back from a bit in Details magazine. I don't know if you're interested in more press, but this query from the WSJ came through this morning and I thought you might be interested in responding...
TECHNOLOGY: Text Messaging -- The Wall Street Journal
I am writing a story about the increase in people using resources to decode text messages. I'd like an expert to talk about any of the following: why people feel the need to decode; how they are decoding; what this suggests about the future of communication. Contact: Stephanie Raposo, stephanie.raposo@wsj.com
Submitted by: Stephanie Raposo
Organization: The Wall Street Journal
Deadline: Jul 24, 2009 05:00 PM EST(America/New_York)
Organization URL: http://www.wsj.com
Email address: stephanie.raposo@wsj.com
Thank you so much for sending this along! I would like more publicity for the blog, and I'll definitely get in touch with this journalist (though whether I qualify as an "expert" is questionable).
And thanks also for still reading this blog. That Details piece came out a while ago, and I appreciate that you haven't forgotten about The Leila Texts since then.
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