emoji

  • Channel the AIM Era by Setting a Status in Gmail and Google Chat

    Channel the AIM Era by Setting a Status in Gmail and Google Chat

    Status messages are one early internet quirk that didn’t really keep up with the times, even though they totally should. They’re fun, but they’re also informative, allowing you to let your contact list know what you’re up to, and why you really can’t respond to every message right now, Dave. Thankfully, Google is bringing the…


  • For The Love of God, Please Stop “Liking” All My Texts

    For The Love of God, Please Stop “Liking” All My Texts

    Generally speaking, texting is an effortless, productive way to communicate. Sure, it can become tiresome when I find myself in a group chat that is degenerating into a flurry of missives that I don’t care about; in these instances. the ability to mute an annoying thread is a godsend. But there’s another annoying facet of…


  • How To Use Emoji Reactions In Your Twitter Messages

    Text-message reactions—a practice iPhone and iPad owners should be familiar with, where you long-press a message to append a little heart or thumbs up/thumbs down to something—are simple ways to convey a reaction without having to come up with something interesting to say. I find they save a ton of time on my iPhone, and…