Creativity and msgs

1. I TXT THERE4 I AM
E. LA TORRE
New ways 2 communic8

2. Txt msging: Th shp of thngs 2
cm?
 Do u spk txt?
 The chncs r, if u dnt, u wll b4 lng.
 2 jdge by ads 4 mob fns, txt msging hs ct pples imagntn,
cos thyre all pshng it lk crzy.
 1 sys u can snd pix, anthr sys u cn snd msgs to 15m pple in
UK alne.
 Bt lts gt smthg str8.Ths is jst the strt ;->
 Do you speak text?The chances are, if you don't you will before long.To judge by
adverts for mobile phones, text messaging has caught people's imagination, because
they are all pushing it like crazy. One says you can send pictures, another says you can
send messages to 15 million people in the UK alone. But let's get something straight.
This is just the start.)

3. The message is the medium
The most creative use of SMS shorthand
 Competitions and prizes
 Guardian's / BBC text poetry competitions
 Thousands of entries –lots of creativity

4. Some samples
 2 & 4
2 see & 4 see,
2 tell & 4 tell,
2 taste & 4 taste,
2 get & 4 get,
2 give & 4 give

5. MY DAY

Alrm bz
Ungdly hr
Gt up
Hv shwr
Gt 2 wrk
Ansr phn
Rd email
Hv a moan
Dwn pub
Gt drunk
With m8s
Talk junk
Stggr hme
Fall in puddle
Need bed
& lvly cuddle

6. Love poem TXT STYLE
 I left my pictur
on th ground
wher u walk
so that somday
if th sun was jst right
& th rain didnt wash me awa
u might c me out
of th corner of yr i
& pic me up

7. Txt style
 4getn u is hard 2 do, 4gtn me is up2 u, 4gt me
not, 4gt me neva, but don't 4get, we're gr8
2gether