Back to hieroglyphics
I love the fact that Israeli companies are in the front of innovation and high tech and my first intention is to support development made in Israel. However, and as bad as I feel, I cannot avoid writing that Zlango is a service that nobody need.
If it wasn’t bad enough when young people’s language and ability to write properly is ruined by shortcuts and emoticons Zlango suggest to degrade our written language and eloquence to the level of cave man . Michael Arrington is right when he write :
At first glance this is nothing more than a nifty piece of mobile software and a way to send icon based messages over inexpensive and ubiquitous SMS networks.
But I think the cultural implications of Zlango may be much deeper.
(although he meant to compliment Zlango)
And the real scary part is that Zlango and its hieroglyphics will become a success story.
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My fear is not that we will develop 50,000 icons, but that we will use only few. What we are going to have is an inarticulate culture, and I can't think of any reason why is this considered as progress
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