A number of factors, time being the most prominent one, are forcing me to abandon my plan to run a trial as part of my thesis. The sending of an internal message to members of the online community I was hoping to recruit from has taken longer than anticipated. There have also been some unexpected complications, such as the fact that text messaging is not included by default in many North American mobile phone plans. Short of a miracle occurring in the next couple of days, I think I have to lay the plan for a trial to rest, and come up with something else quickly and smartly.
