methods of communication

I used to have one of those ICQ accounts and I loved when the little flower next to somebody's name would change from red to green signifying their "online-ness." I also had (have) an AIM account, a Yahoo! Messenger account, an MSN Messenger account, and several online chat-room aliases. I even used to do the "e-mail chatting" thing where you e-mail somebody a little paragraph or so and then repeatedly click "Refresh" until their reply pops up in your inbox. But I think that all of these communication methods are the chatting methods of the past. Even iChat (except for iChat AV) is a thing of the past, as far as I'm concerned. I mean, they're great for the little chats like when you are in class with a friend and you both have laptop computers or whatever... you know, the little chats. But bigger things (like those "e-mail chats") have been replaced by blogging in my book. Somebody has something to say, so they blog about it. All their friends that have access to their blog (especially if they have an RSS feed of the blog) read it and respond in their "Comments" section or by posting a blog post of their own. You can even subscribe to somebody's blog so that it will automatically e-mail you whenever they post or get commented on. I think it's just easier plus it lets people keep up to date on their own time so you don't have to worry about calling them in the middle of class, or finding a time when you can both be online to iChat it up or even "e-mail chat." But that's all my opinion. Pure speculation.