Personal , Tech

Family phone conference

I've just got off the phone with my mum, my brother and one of my sisters. It's Mum's birthday next week and us 'children' have been organising a party for her. A phone conference seemed the natural way to get us all together. We use them all the time at work, so I didn't think twice.

Here's the odd thing: once we got over the initial awkwardness, the conversation flowed quite naturally. I'm left wondering, were we being slightly geeky, or was it an example of a geographically spread family using the tools of the time?

It's unlikely to become a regular occurrence, but you can imagine how it could; nine o'clock on the first Thursday: family conference.

I'll stop now; I'm starting to sound like a BT advert. Except BT only advertises conferencing to businesses. A missed opportunity, perhaps?