{"id":176,"date":"2013-10-03T22:41:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T22:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voxer-blog.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2019-10-10T23:50:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T23:50:56","slug":"keeping-people-close-from-far-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/keeping-people-close-from-far-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping People Close, From Far Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>About a month ago, we were contacted by Voxer super-user\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrews<\/strong>.\u00a0 We wanted to share his story with you through his guest blog post.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For months, a few friends were trying to get me to sign up for Voxer.\u00a0 My aunt and uncle had stayed in contact with their son, stationed in Bahrain in the US Navy, through Voxer. \u00a0Eventually, I decided to check it out.\u00a0 I downloaded the app in March 2012, and was immediately drawn to it, wondering, \u201cwhy am I so late to this party?\u201d\u00a0 It is such a genius idea, especially for friends scattered across the country who want to stay in touch.<\/p>\n<p>My closest group of friends, many of whom are in the pictures above, met at James Madison University; some are now based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, while others are in Miami and New York City. \u00a0We had regularly stayed in touch throughout ordinary days using Gmail, Gchat, Twitter, and text messages.\u00a0 Unlike those other forms of communication, though, Voxer has given us the unique ability to hear each other, while keeping an instantaneous feel. \u00a0Voxer has allowed us to have ongoing, deep conversations as if we are all together.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve actually developed a unique ritual.\u00a0 Our Voxer Crew holds a \u201cQuestion of the Day\u201d each morning, where one member brings a unique and thought-provoking question to the group.\u00a0 Recently, we\u2019ve discussed the election, award shows, the Olympics, gay marriage, the struggle of being single or married, the trials of parenthood, and more.<\/p>\n<p>There are 12 of us in our group, going back and forth, like we\u2019re in the same room.\u00a0 For the past eight months, through Voxer, we literally share our daily lives with each other.\u00a0 While my wife and I were in the hospital preparing to deliver our second child, we were able to keep our friends updated on one of the most important days of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>So, in short, thanks Voxer.\u00a0 You\u2019ve made me more connected to the most important people in my life.<\/p>\n<p>Vox On!<\/p>\n<p>Michael Andrews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago, we were contacted by Voxer super-user\u00a0Michael Andrews.\u00a0 We wanted to share his story with you through..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[103,285986410],"yst_prominent_words":[659311973,659311445,659311805,659312001,659312626,659313017,659311410],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4958,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/4958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}