We live in a land of multiples. In the post-modern computer era, geeks were happy with their trusty old computer and a 56k dial-up modem. And for most households, that’s all that was available to them. And not all families and households had one. In fact, there was a time when if you had a computer, you were privileged. And if you had internet access, it was even more of a privilege.

For around the last 5 years, we have acquired more and more gadgets than we ever require. It’s not unusual for households to have multiple desktops and probably a couple of notebooks. Some households even have multiple options for web connectivity, DSL and Wi-Fi. And each family member most likely possessing a cell phone also. And that’s not even considering all the other personal gadgetry equipment that we all have, MP3 players, personal media players etc. When I read stories of some people having or getting severe cases of technology or internet addiction, I can seriously believe it. Because it is not an easy thing to just drop what you are doing and forget about all thing technology related, because we’re constantly surrounded by it. No matter where we go or what we do.

The above is all obvious and something you probably already know and just accept as the normal. Because it has now become what is considered normal. But something that you may not have thought about is also having multiple services of the same type. I mean multiple email addresses, multiple operating systems and multiple software applications.

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