My immediate connection to the first few paragraphs here was the death of a best friend and colleague a few years ago of a stroke at the age of 41 on a school day morning.

I think the year was 2004… and the thing that got to me that year, and several since was her name prominently in my cell phone and email address books.

This was happening at the steep climb toward web2, and I realized then (and pondered it often) that we would never really leave the physical world in the same way again.

Now that I think of it, I have been terribly lucky to have not lost anyone near me with even a shred of digital presence since that time. Dena Bachman left a cell phone number on my phone. I can’t really yet imagine how hard it will be to deal with even deeper digital connections.

While I believe it will be a really positive thing in most respects… it will just be different.

Thanks for using your blog as more than just a way to share nifty new websites. Those of us with a heartbeat certainly appreciate it.

Sean