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. 

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:

A Chicago property management company has just filed a $50,000 defamation suit against a tenant who messaged her 20 Twitter contacts: “Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s OK”

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

Have you seen the prank videos from a couple of bored Domino’s employees in Conover?  Before they were removed from YouTube at the request of the employee who shot it (whether or not she was pressured to do so by corporate), they garnered a million views.