Media are extensions of our senses

I didn't say that. McLuhan did. But it is profoundly true, though often ignored.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Companies should not dismiss staff who use social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo at work as merely time-wasters, a Demos study suggests. Attempts to control employees' use of such software could damage firms in the long run by limiting the way staff communicate, the think tank said.