Respondents had been so overwhelmed by their in-box they'd declared "e-mail bankruptcy.

Online chatting, on the other hand, has been linked to symptoms of loneliness, confusion, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and addiction.

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

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

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.

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