I worry sometimes about the constant interconnectedness of my childrens generation. I don't do Facebook or Twitter, either on a personal level or a business one, becos I get all the people connection that I need thru my job. And where possible, I'd much rather interact with other human beings face to face. And where I can't do that. I find that email is a perfectly serviceable option. I just don't need anything more.

My children are very much of a different generation - and they are constantly in communication with their friends. We had a rule in the house which has been carried over into their adulthood, that when we were at the table, either at home or out at a restaurant, that there was to be no texting, and that was pretty much followed, although I did sometimes wonder if I was been taken for a sucker, and whether some subterranean under the table judicious texting was happening while I was sweetly unaware, just becos they were dexterious enough to do it without looking.

And that ability to be in touch is not always all bad. It can have an upside like when Courteney has just spent 5 hours in Sydney airport on Monday, on her way to LA,  and filled in that time using her phone and laptop.

But to my way of thinking there is also a dark side to the pull that the electronic media has, and I thought this article , was spot on in the sentiments it expressed.