Communication is a good thing. Tools for communication have driven technological innovation and scientific advances for nearly a century.
First telephone and television to today with video conferencing and three dimensional multi party telepresence interaction. We are driven to interact, to connect, to talk.
Hardware vendors now have made readily available very sophisticated camera/ microphone array devises built for the masses at about a hundred dollars a pop. Telepresence is a reality on even the most common modern computer. People now…”Skype it up”.
Engagement in social media has become a global activity. From the earliest reports of world events to what my cat did this morning every minute of every day throughout the world somebody is tweeting about it, sharing it on Face-book, and creating collage with the elements on So.cl.
Soon many distantly located small to large companies and organizations will be able to attend many meetings and directly collaborate in real time through the intelligent use of these forms of communication technologies.
