Are you still writing memos, making phone calls, and sending messages via e-mail? I admit it; I am. Mostly because I like hearing people's reactions to things that I say, and I like hearing their tone of voice when they speak and frankly, I like having someone's less divided attention.

Why less divided? Because they're probably doing something other than just talking to me; quite often I can hear keyboard tapping. And while texting may be the old, not yet tired thing to do, I've hardly ever seen anyone look all that serious while they text. And blogs? I do like them, they're not urgent. They're a " Here's what I have to say, read it at your leisure," form of communication, a way for you to get to know me better, if and when you want to.

Why am I thinking about this? Well, there's a thing called Twitter that some of my friends are using. Haven't heard of it? It's sort of like a microblog, the idea is that you can tell me people what you're doing or thinking at any moment in 140 characters or less. As if they care. As if I care. Apparently lots of people do. Twitter is one of the fastest growing applications in the history of the Internet.

And of course, it's not alone. Facebook lets me tell you know whet music and web feeds I'm into. There's a thing called Jaiku that let's me include a link to my blog. And everything I Twit or Facebook or Jaiku, it's googlable. Would I want ,do I need, everyone to know that I'm bored on the bus, right now? (And yes, I know I don't have to use my real name.)

Don't get me wrong, I do think the technology is extremely useful. Maybe all the multi-taskers will stop taking their laptops to meetings. They can TWIT me when I can't reach them. I get IM'd like that all the time right now. But most of the time the IM says, "Can I call you in five minutes?" I'm glad that people that I work with know how I like to communicate. Here it is, my first Thanksgiving thank you. And it's sincere.

But why am I saying all this? Because it's going to have some business applicability soon. That's what's so interesting about the Web 2.0 world. The consumer is leading business and not the other way around.

And by the time business gets into it, Twits will have to be archived and regulated, and Big Brother will have to know that I put a piece of gum into my mouth at 1:02 Wednesday. All information is valuable, right?

Don't think so.