New iConji Language For the Symbol-Minded Texter 195
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billdar writes "As texting evolves into its own language, a Northern Colorado Business Review article covers an ambitious project to develop a new symbol-based language called iConji for mobile texting and online chatting. 'iConji is a set of user-created 32x32-pixel symbols that represent words or ideas, not dissimilar from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics or American Sign Language.' There is an instructional video for the iPhone app and it is also integrated into Facebook."
Behind this project is Kai Staats, formerly CEO of Terra Soft Solutions, the original developer of Yellow Dog Linux.
Re:There's this cool thing about letters (Score:2, Funny)
You are so uncool
Re:3000BC called... (Score:3, Funny)
Chinese, Japanese anyone?
Yes, I'll have the dim sum with a side of sashimi, thank you.
Re:"It's that simple" (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What a portmanteau.. (Score:3, Funny)
Where is the iconji for malamanteau?
Re:3000BC called... (Score:3, Funny)
It is a fault of the form. Poetry is lyrics without the music. Just like comic books are movies without actual movement.
Re:3000BC called... (Score:3, Funny)
I know, right? Just the other day I was telling my Egyptologist friend: "Eagle snake foot pharoah-on-a-throne-holding-out-his-hand, wheat!", and he laughed and said, "Eye cat eagle ibis... eye-of-Ra!" It was a riot!