Information Overload

The email server is refusing to get out of bed today, it's having a 'duvet' day :) Personally I won't be complaining about that. In modern times I often feel there are too many ways to demand my attention. Email, SMS Text, IM ...

Once upon a time you had to husband cattle and fish for squid before you could contact anybody with the written word. (Before paper, calf skin was used.) So nobody tried to get hold of you unless it was *really* important.