In a New York Times Opinion article titled "The Flight From Conversation" author Sherry Turkle, a psychologist and professor at M.I.T. and the author, of "Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other" states, "I've learned that the little devices most of us carry around are so powerful that they change not only what we do, but also who we are."

With the advent of tweets, blogs and brief messaging, what will it take for us to make sure we hold on to the patterns that work when we are in the vicinity of the person we are communicating to, while we develop the patterns that work for us to share remotely? Will we continue to value talking to someone in person? Will we know how to do it well?