Personality of Technological Communications

While I have been checking my email, D2L, and Blogspot, I find that I still get a feeling of who individuals are based on what they write on the computer. I know that face to face is the traditional way of communicating, and in the past it was necessary to travel by horse to get information from one person to another. In today's age, it is just not necessary. I like knowing that I can have a conversation with a friend across the globe simply via email connections. I would much rather travel there and converse with them, but since that option is not available, I am chained to the computer in order to keep up with happenings in their lives. There is no loss of communication by not seeing someone face to face. Although, the pragmatics of what is being said will need to be more explicit if a webcam is not used. So, I guess I still like technology, and I don't think that that will change anytime soon. I want to use it more, actually, and I just wanted to comment about how conversations via technology can still be intimate without face to face interactions.