On a train the other day, a man is talking on his mobile phone about a business partner. It's hard not to overhear the conversation, because the man is talking in that strange way that people have on a mobile phone, as if there is nobody else in the same county. He's discussing a business opportunity, and in particular one of the key individuals involved, by name.
My partner Lesley is one of the others on the train. She is sitting with a friend, and both are working on their laptops. As the overheard conversation continues, and starts to reveal some things that perhaps ought to be confidential, the friend twists his laptop screen around so that Lesley can see it. On screen is her friend's Outlook contact information for the person being discussed. Lesley has her 3G card, so is able to look up the person on LinkedIn at the same time.
The world isn't just small any more, you can actually fit quite a lot of it into a railway carriage.
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