Friends, Communication and Technology

Lately, I've been taking more advantage of all the technology available by connecting Twitter to FB and to my blog. I love one stop shopping:) It's interesting how technology can help us be more connected with friends, yet disconnected at the same time. How is that? I'm sure there are many sociological theories and textbooks to be written on the subject, but my personal experience is this: the more I provide the details of my life through my blog and on social networking sites, the less there is to talk about face to face. I really don't know who reads my blog, other than the comments I receive. So I may begin to tell someone about an experience I've had or something we did and they say, "oh yeah, I read about that on your blog." So I often hesitate to say anything about my life because I'm not sure if I'm just repeating myself. The same is true of my "friends" on FB or my "followers" on Twitter (the whole definition of how the word friend has changed because of these sites is for another post). Those who are on these sites more often tend to know more about what's going on in my life than those who rarely check FB or Twitter. Despite these issues, I will continue to participate in technology because I find that there are times when sharing my life with others opens doors for interesting discussions where I learn more about others and also myself. Has anyone had the same thoughts about how technology has changed our interactions with others?