Emoji Love

Using emojis is fun and makes communicating more exciting.

Emojis were created in 1999 by Japanese artist, Shigetaka Kurita, for Japan’s mobile carrier NTT Docomo’s mobile platform, I-mode.

These days, emojis are a national way of writing messages. They are so popular that one could use them to send a message using little to no words.

These symbols and signs have really evolved over the years. Back in the 90’s when I purchased my first cell phone emojis didn’t even exist. When I’d send a message, it was written word only. Written words are very important, matter fact, I wish more people would use them, especially the younger generations, but the usage of emojis just seems to be cooler.

There’re emojis for everything. If you’re feeling sick, joyful, angry, or surprised, you can find any expression emoji. Better yet, you don’t even have to find emojis, because nine times out of ten if you type in an expression, emojis representing how you feel will pop up. This same process happens if you type in certain places, or even if you’re on vacation.

What I like about emojis is that they’ve evolved over the years.  I am an African American, a woman, and a person with a disability, so I want emojis that represent who I am.

Now when the woman emoji first came on the scene, it only represented one color. Now, when you hold the woman emoji down, you can pick the color of the woman emoji that best represents you. I even created my own personal emoji/avatar whose mighty fly wearing a cute outfit with flowing hair, and hoop earrings.

I’m also very happy that emojis have evolved to include disabilities. Again, when they first came on the scene, when I use to type in disabilities, I got nothing, then later came the blue accessible parking sign. Now, there are an array of emojis representing disabilities.

Click link to read article on disability related emojis:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/tech/apple-disability-emojis-intl-scli/index.html#:~:text=Apple%20will%20introduce%20disability%2Dthemed,arm%20and%20a%20prosthetic%20leg.

Emojis are a great way to express yourself and let’s just keep it real, they are downright fun.

As we celebrate Emojis Day I would like to invite you to share which ones are your favorite. Everyone has their favorite. Mine are the shopping cart, the laugh out loud (tears) face, and the fire emoji.  What is yours?