I have no phone. I mean, I have no land line phone at my house, and that is by design. I only need my cel phone and I can keep in touch for much less than that land line would cost me. Along with only one phone, I also have only one email address. I realized this week that I have no distinction between my work and personal communication anymore. And that, I think, is how it should be.
Communication is truly social. It increasingly exists without a defined audience. It is most convenient for me to post my information on some type of networking tool, where others can choose to read and respond without me having to know in advance who they are. I no longer have to identify my audience, such as by dialing the phone or listing email recipients. And since the audience is becoming the community at large, there is no reason to segregate them based on business hours. Which only gives me fewer numbers I have to remember. Nice.
