As a new dawn is born, we look boldly to the year 2000. In the year 2000: we will live on the moon. In the year 2000: we will send each other electronic greetings that will make us laugh. The new it-thing to do for the uber-chic geeks, you know, those great kids that ooh and ah at every Life Hacker update, are sending ecards. E what? Well, as with all things electronic, it has become standard procedure to preface every electronic serves with an "e" -- email, ecards, ethis, ethat.
Though they have yet to jump the cultural shark, ecards are as old as the Internet. Or so they say. I have a hard time believing ecards were fashionable in 1963. Nevertheless, there is something unique to sending one. I mean, its all the same business as going into a greeting cards store: you browse, you flip though a few, you chuckle here and there, then you choose one. And for the kicker: instead of shelling out for the envelop, the stamp, and the $5 in gas to find the nearest post office. With an ecard, you click and send.
It all boils down to which provider you choose. And depending on the service you use, the ecard can be free. A definite perk. Now what separates the boys from the men (or girls from the women) when it comes to ecard services is whether or not the ecards are videos, simple animation, or still pictures. Ill let you decide which one rocks the most and the hardest. The video ecards are typically thought of the top dogs, if for no other reason than it takes time, money and people to produce video snippets.
Now you send the ecard to the email address of the lucky recipient (look at all those Es) and they open the link. The link then downloads or instantly plays the super-cool awesome video. You cant ask for simpler services. Its like water at a restaurant. How hard can it be? And if you're really computer savvy, you send the ecard to your BFF's cell phone. We live in crazy times.
Mark the occasion, save the date, send your RSVP and whatever else happens when sending snail mail correspondence. Choose you topic, select your clips and off you go. You've done your bit, made some feel good " or at least let them know you cared enough to spend five minutes picking something to send them. Funny ecards, raunchy ecards, even sorry I missed your birthday ecards. Brave New World its not, but boy howdy, these computers can do some fancy things.
Though they have yet to jump the cultural shark, ecards are as old as the Internet. Or so they say. I have a hard time believing ecards were fashionable in 1963. Nevertheless, there is something unique to sending one. I mean, its all the same business as going into a greeting cards store: you browse, you flip though a few, you chuckle here and there, then you choose one. And for the kicker: instead of shelling out for the envelop, the stamp, and the $5 in gas to find the nearest post office. With an ecard, you click and send.
It all boils down to which provider you choose. And depending on the service you use, the ecard can be free. A definite perk. Now what separates the boys from the men (or girls from the women) when it comes to ecard services is whether or not the ecards are videos, simple animation, or still pictures. Ill let you decide which one rocks the most and the hardest. The video ecards are typically thought of the top dogs, if for no other reason than it takes time, money and people to produce video snippets.
Now you send the ecard to the email address of the lucky recipient (look at all those Es) and they open the link. The link then downloads or instantly plays the super-cool awesome video. You cant ask for simpler services. Its like water at a restaurant. How hard can it be? And if you're really computer savvy, you send the ecard to your BFF's cell phone. We live in crazy times.
Mark the occasion, save the date, send your RSVP and whatever else happens when sending snail mail correspondence. Choose you topic, select your clips and off you go. You've done your bit, made some feel good " or at least let them know you cared enough to spend five minutes picking something to send them. Funny ecards, raunchy ecards, even sorry I missed your birthday ecards. Brave New World its not, but boy howdy, these computers can do some fancy things.
About the Author:
The gift of funny ecards is a special thing. Laughter makes the world go round and I think it's universal. Who, anywhere in the world, wouldn't think slipping on a banana peel and face-planting into a cream pie is funny? Funny ecards will rule the world.
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