MSN World

I am becoming preoccupied by the fact that I can have no more than 150 contacts on MSN. This technical limitation requires that I make some cuts to my MSN team in order to allow new members. So how does one decide who to cut, and who stays in my electronic orbit? Do I cut the ones that rarely come online? Do I cut the ones that didn't send me Christmas cards? Well, that would solve the problem because NOBODY did! That's ok... I understand that we live in a post-card generation. This is precisely a cause and effect of our access to MSN and similar electronic communications. No seriously, how does one make the call?

I decided to cut the people who rarely came online. I still did this with great reluctance, because it seemed like such a ruthless act. I'm prepared to assume the consequences of this purge. So, moral of the story, if you wanna stay onside, stay online. I suppose it is still technically possible to remain friends with people who don't use the internet. This remains to be seen. I guess I'd have to actually leave my room and go do real stuff with real people for that to be able to work. Face to face relationships: a future social innovation?

The future is so exciting.