"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
That may or may not have been written by Ernest Hemmingway. Regardless of whether or not he wrote it, it is the most perfect example of a story; complete, concise and evocative.
As our culture becomes more and more technologically dependent, our communications become shorter and shorter. Twitter gives us only 140 characters to express ourselves. And while many people decry this change in communication, I think we need instead to strive to overcome the limitations inherent in it.
It can be done. Just ask whomever wrote the story above.