I’ve been thinking about communication lately.  Many people don’t like to talk on the phone anymore.  As more and more people get smart phones, the number of voice minutes used has stayed the same, while the data usage is skyrocketing. 

Electrons are buzzing today about the CISCO 2010 Midyear Security Report, which states that seven percent of the people who access Facebook at work spend more than an hour a day playing FarmVille, Mafia Wars and similar games. 

As far as I can tell, it is human nature to gripe.

You are excited, there’s a new restaurant down the street that has a good buzz.  You’re going. You check in with TriOutNC when you get to the New Neighborhood Pizza Joint (NNPJ).  You send a running commentary on your Twitter feed about your experience, and it auto-posts to your Facebook page:

I’ve written before about being careful about what your social media profile might say to potential employers.  The City of Bozeman, Montana took its vetting process a step further by asking applicants for municipal jobs to provide all login and password information for social networking and blog sites. 

Here’s an interesting article  from the Harvard Business Review discussing the struggle some corporate executives face with using social media.