It’s been called micro-blogging, micro-sharing and a variety of other phrases including the word ambient. But there’s a significant attribute that’s been less discussed and is critical to both business and social implications regarding how we live and work. Technology allows us to signal our every movement, thought, action and status in real time. It’s pretty powerful stuff and why millions of people are addicted to telling their own social sytems what they are doing whether it be a status update on Facebook or a tweet.
Original Post: http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2009/07/signals.html