Communications problems

Haven't been posting much because I'm at a small SF con (plokta.con) and got a bit busy with other things. Just back from a panel about the future of communications (via Twitter, Livejournal, etc.) which struck me as a splendid example of futility - here we have a relatively small group of people who to a large extent know each other, are on the same site and spending much of their time together - and someone still feels it necessary to discuss how they can communicate more effectively.

The panel, incidentally, included two participants storming out in a huff with each other - which the twitter feed (shown on screen) did no justice to whatever. Less than impressed...