Telegram for...
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After typing in a message on TelegramStop's homepage and previewing how the telegram will look, it's dispatched via post to its recipient. Harkening back to the authentic telegrams of Western Union's heyday, words appear in a classic typewriter font on vanilla-colored paper stock with the text "[STOP]" inserted wherever you punctuate with a period. Delivery usually takes 4-6 business days.
Founded by Mark Sehler and Ranjan Tharmakalusingham only a month ago, the Melbourne, Australia-based enterprise has already become a popular alternative to e-mails and traditional greeting cards. "It pretty much confirmed our thinking that the romance of the humble telegram as a form of communication has been lost in the modern world," notes Sehler.
The duo are currently working on new features, including an option to write your telegram in advance and specify for a later dispatch date, as well as special template designs for different occasions.
Homepage
http://www.telegramstop.com/Home.mvc.aspx
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Einsam_Data_Old:
Yeah good point, but you can't market that as a service, or... could you? (thinking about it... thinking..)
Jackpot, you and I are gonna make some mula.
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Einsam_Data_Old:
Don't forget the wax seal with sealing wax! (Alas, I have yet to master cursive that stays legible throughout the entire letter...either I need practice, or to be less long-winded.)
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sgwhites
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rtha2
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Wow this is a cool idea!!!!! Why didn't i think about this
I digg this too http://digg.com/arts_culture/Telegram_for
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rtha2:
Thanks for the digg! I love when new technology harkens back to the old. I'm too young to appreciate the telegram form of communication but its still has a neat nostalgic quality to it.
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rtha2:
I dug it too.
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crazykatlady
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this is cool and affordable. it could be a neat turn on the standard birthday card!
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January 27, 2006, Western Union will discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.
Samual Morse, inventor of the telegram, sent the first one on May 24, 1844. It simply read “What hath God wrought”. followed by -(STOP)- indicating a period--I find that peculiar.
In a crude way, the telegraph was a precursor to the Internet in that it allowed rapid communication, for the first time, across great distances.
I like that its back, and in a fresher more modern form. Sooo nostalgic.
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