I have to agree with the distinction between business and personal relationships. Recently I was invited to an event, which I saw in my inbox, but had not opened. I already knew the details, and didn't want to reply yet. I was actually going to go to the party, but was going to get around to a reply before the end of the week. Well, what was to follow was extraordinary. Firstly, I received an email within 24 hours from the other party saying I note you've not yet opened your email, can you let me know if you are coming to my party. I thought WTF, how do you know I've not opened the email, but shrugged my shoulders, and thought, I'll reply to it later today. Again, within another 12 hours, I receive another email saying, look I have a caterer to sort out, can you let me know if your coming? Needless to say, my original desire to attend degenerated to a shove your party up your clacker. My point is, if we use productivity tools in personal relationships, you can be sure we are sure to run foul of the original intention of these tools. They are productivity tools, not communication tools. I'm all for them in business, but use them on in in a relationship, and I'm a no show.

Very interesting article. Thank you.

I don't use Facebook to check in, but do check in to my foursquare, which feeds to my twitter and facebook page. I've not used latitude, but I'll keep it in mind.

Iconic images. I'm a David Bowie fan from way back.

I like the sound of this Tony -- the jury is still out on the iPad for me, as it was with the Kindle. While I like to have up to date technology, experience has taught me to wait it out. I'm a wait and see consumer.

My son who works for Apple, road tested an iPad a couple of weeks ago. His verdict...? It's nothing more than an oversized iPhone.

Great blog Tony.