I was trying to email a file to a co-worker the other day, but email was wonky and the file wouldn’t send.

So what did I do?  I sent it via Pownce.

The funny thing is that the aformentioned co-worker and I are connected via Pownce, Twitter, last.fm, Facebook, LinkedIn and Kluster.  As he put it, “We have absolutely no excuse for being unable to contact each other.”

He’s right.  Which brings up the question - are we TOO connected?  Is there such thing as social media overload?  I mean, surely some of us prefer Facebook over MySpace and Twitter all day long but forget about Pownce and approve connections on LinkedIn once every two months when we remember to do it…  Nonetheless, in this hyper-connected world of new media, are there boundaries that we should set for ourselves that prevent others from having 24/7 access to our favorite songs, newest creative endeavors and an update on whether or not we’re single, in a relationship or if “it’s complicated”?

Tell us what you think.

Virb is a social network aimed at people who “create things”. It’s great - it offers the advanced customizability that other social networks don’t which, of course, is most important to the demographic Virb covets. Sarcasm aside, I really like this network. I like music - especially indie bands - and Virb is a haven for these folks. My friends list is currently limited only to t-shirt brands I like, cute girls with odd pictures, artists, or indie bands whose music I actually like. Something about Virb makes me want to be selective. Which is odd for a social network where friends are currency.

But I tried an experiment on Myspace that didn’t work. For those that remember, my goal on Myspace was to brand myself as “cool” according to whom I befriended. The sad thing is, while I was able to amass some fantastic friends on Myspace (Kevin Smith, Ryan Adams, Barack Obama) it clearly didn’t matter. Myspace was the exception to my social experiment of “selective friending” as a way of defining my personal brand. It works on other sites, and Virb is one of them. I get hit up by bands every week, and some are good - so I friend them.

Check out Virb.com for more, and if you sign up for an account - send me an invite if you think you are cool enough to stimulate my personal brand.

Everyone must love Twitter. Twitter is a Web 2.0/Social Media institution. Twitter is like the Saturday Night Live of social networking - it has it’s low seasons, but somehow it always manages to find relevance again.

For the record, I love Twitter. I loved it when I had a Blackberry because it was the only fun thing I could do on my Blackberry. I love it now, because I have a Twitter widget on my Netvibes homepage and can twit whenever I’m working without feeling terrible about it. Why is Twitter so great you ask?

Really? Have you tried it? Really??

Twitter is like haiku blogging. You get limited words/characters and it’s more about - “what are you doing RIGHT NOW” - than really telling a story. The beauty of Twitter kicks in only after weeks of monitoring your friends twits and realizing that despite your reading their blog or knowing them from work, Twitter has actually given you better insight than anything else about who this person really is (or thinks they are.)

It’s brilliant. It’s stream of consciousness blogging, without the space for embellishment.

Of all the social media ideas to come since Facebook, Twitter will be the one that lasts and that will join the list of Facebook, Myspace, and blogging as social media concepts that business try to conquer (or at least adopt.)

Follow me on Twitter. From time to time, I actually twit in haiku.

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