Brian, you’re right – it really is a bit too much. With regards to “Twitter is down; hold me!” (hilarious by the way), we did a study a couple of years ago on the Net Generation where we asked them to depict using images how they would feel if technology were taken away. The collages we got were indicative of an entirely different and dependent view of technology. They have entirely bought into the machine – The images showed dispair, loneliness, and boredom. The participants felt “lost,” “alone” and “disconnected.” For good or bad, as this generation enters the workforce and starts to grow as consumers we are going to see the digital world take on ever greater meaning in our lives.

It’s sort of a voluntary Matrix, and something much more realistic in my mind when it comes to a dypstopian future. Heck, I can already see elements of this. “Twitter is down; hold me!” goes the outcry when people can’t plug into the realtime web.

As for myself I’ve got two personal email accounts, twitter, two yammer accounts, facebook, linkedin, work email, work ‘social’ systems, instant messaging, personal cell phone, work cell phone. It’s a bit much…