Web 2.0? 3.0 will be even better!

In the last week I had various discussions on how people use the tools and gadgets available today and as expected SMS, IM and even mobile phones and Ipods are handled differently by different persons who are more or less the same age. I think the main social impact Web usage has will be seen in a few years as extensive due to the possibilities offered to the participants. I am often stating that the web makes real what the phone has promissed but could not fulfill; making it easier to connect their participants. Many years ago e.g. calling family members in Mexico was expensive and exchanging letters took weeks. Now the pictures of the kids of my cousin came via webcam, giving a call to someone far away is very affordable and my mother started kind of blogging (after having been "motivated" by me).
My favorite communication method is still the personal dialogue when possible, but the web substitute just gives additional possibilities which are personally sometimes very important.

Due to some minor issues I spend the whole Friday without my mobile. The greatest surprise was that just walking around the city without any device was a quite "relaxing" experience.
Connectivity and availability, or better the luxury to be not always accessible may become also a kind of tool to manage.

It´s not just a small world after all, it will even become smaller for those able and willing to communicate.