Texting: (US) adults don't get it - yet

Well, we're getting there, but a fun San Francisco Chronicle column digs into why teenagers (and everybody else in other countries) seem to have adopted phone-texting faster. "For teens, it is a chance for a private conversation in a busybody world of teachers and parents. No wonder researchers have dubbed today's youth 'GenText'." For everybody else outside North America it's just commonplace (and a lot less rude and annoying in public places). The Chronicle reports that 2.9 billion text messages get sent every day, worldwide, and "only 14% are in North America. Europe, Asia and the Philippines are far ahead." It also cites a new book about mobile communication in Japan: "Personal, Portable, Pedestrian."