At the wine and tapas party I was at last night at a friend's house, the 40-something group had a great time talking, eating, drinking and taking photos of the merriment. What interested me was that everyone there agreed that being linked on Facebook had made a huge difference to how they kept up with and communicated with friends.

This morning, I see that two of the people at the party went home and posted pictures and comments either right to their FB account, or to their blog--which shows me, yet again, how social media tools not only support community-they deepen and foster it--even in people over 30.

On Friday, I was at another friend's house, at another party (for me that's an unusually social weekend..) and there was tons of videoblogging going on, but most of this crowd, I think, was closer-knit, so there was less of a sense of chronicling new connections and more of a sense of just enjoying the togetherness and letting videography be part of the fun.