There is an article on the Beeb (BBC) about the "hyper-connected" generation . It has quotes from Biz Stone co-founder of Twitter and Jyri Engestrom, founder of Jaiku. It muses about microblogging and the multicasting of one's life 24/7. Is this state of connectivity better or worse for us? For productivity? Engestrom says, "In five years time being hyper connected will become a necessity to be an active participant in the social world".

We wouldn't go as far as to say that. People should and will have the level of connectivity that suits them.

What do you think?

Here is the full article.

Here is a great podcast by Tom Ashbrook , posted at On Point .  It is called The World According to Twitter .  Description from their webiste:

"Once there was slow talk and silence. Then came letters - delivered by horse or sailing ship, months in coming, deep in thought. Then came the telegraph, telephone, cell-phone, e-mail, Palm Pilot, Blackberry, texting, instant messaging, and now -- Twitter.

Non-stop, instant communication from anywhere, all the time. Hyper-connectivity, always present, in a non-stop global mind-share of twittering micro-thoughts. "Hungry!" "Love duck." "Doing dishes." "Off to bed."

We're pushing deeper into the seamless cyber-mind. Are we happy now?

This hour On Point: Twitter, and the hyper-connected culture.

Guests
· Jack Dorsey, co-founder, Twitter.com
· Rob Pegoraro, personal technology columnist, The Washington Post
· Holly Willis, professor of media studies at the University of Southern California and editor of the forthcoming book, "The New Ecology of Things"
· Robert Scoble, former Microsoft blogger, now vice president for media development at Podtech.net ."

One complaint.  Only available for windows and Real player.  :(  Who the heck even uses real player anymore.  Why make Mac users jump through hoops to listen to a podcast.  What is wrong with good old mp3 or quicktime so everyone can listen?