As I sort through the noise of all the forms of personal communication and connection available to me these days, it occurs to me that each of these platforms (personal & work email, my cell phone, CRM applications, social network du jour (Facebook, LinkedIn,etc.)) is disconnected from the other. 

The true "platform" is my active network and the actions I take during the course of the day. 

The fact that I have to jump between applications and devices to manage it all makes it almost unbearable.  I believe the answer to this is connectivity among all these disparate tools where no one platform is superior to the other.  They all serve some purpose for me ranging from critical to curiosity and it would be nice to manage them centrally.  This would shift ownership (and control) from any one of these platform providers to the individual but isn't that the way it should be?