“Friend' requires an adjective these days, since it otherwise feels empty.”

“SMS made everything negotiable: hour by hour, minute by minute. There was no such thing as a firm plan or a final schedule.”

“Parenting in the age of mobile communication really does allow us to be there for our kids in a way never before possible.”

“No one's brain is different enough to make constant interruptions, distractions, and task-switching an optimal environment in which to function. No one's.”

“Giving up one activity does not guarantee you will take up a more worthy substitute.”

“The mind boggles, in other words, but the brain toggles- sometimes quite rapidly, from one task to the next.”

“A pencil is an extension of a finger writing in the sand. But our electronic media are extensions of our brains.”