Favorite Things: Skype

Two years ago, when my brother moved back to Bosnia to pursue an MBA degree, we lost our main form of communication — our cell phones. We resorted to e-mails and phone calls on Sundays.

About six months in, he told me about Skype and how we can use it to talk to each other for free.

For free!?!?

I obviously didn’t believe him, but soon joined and sure enough I was back to talking to my brother everyday.

Now, that I’m in Bosnia I use Skype  to stay in touch with my family and my friends. It has a chat feature and you can buy credit to call people’s landlines or cell phones. The best part for me is the video feature that allows you to see the person you’re talking to and vice versa. As far away as we all are, Skype makes the distance not seem as great.

-Aida