I was looking for something of Pinterest to do, but I needed MySpace. I was feeling constantly contacted. I needed to break away from work because I was feeling too LinkedIn to it. I had a yammering for some hashtags so I headed to my favorite metacafe where I could bury my nose in the latest free whitepaper. Before I Reddit, I checked in on Foursquare and started enjoying my delicious hashtags, eggs and # of coffee. I yelped when I almost spilled my coffee Tumblr before I StumbledUpon an online commotion in my newsfeeds. Ow.ly cow! My Hootsuite dashboard flickrd like a Fourth of July sky, all a Twitter with the latest news, products and musings. I used to Digg this stuff. Now, I am frozen, staring Google Plus+ eyed at my screen full of noise. I’m interrupted by a Facebook suggestion to like my elementary school friend’s fan page. Then it hit me in an Instagram. Blogroll, please …. In our effort to engage, friend, fan, connect, follow, unfollow, like, poke, DM, join, comment, RT, share, tag, subscribe, watch, trend, we’ve become lost in a sea of cluttered messages. We need to get a handle on this. Our timelines are crowded with commentary. Personal connections are getting weaker as people become clouded with the notion that it is okay to not return emails or voicemails. Social media has invaded our networks, our lives, the fabric of our collective consciousness.