Facebook

Here's technology working at its best.

The story of Georgina Hobday, who's parents Sylvia and Michael agreed to give their little Georgie a birthday party.

So she mentions it on Facebook and the next thing you know hundreds of people turn up and wreck the place.

Good. If there's something that can get teenagers of Facebook, it's a good thing.

People spend ages on that site. And it's not just the teenagers. Lots of people I work with waste most of their workday on it. If someone invented Facebook 100 years ago none of the great inventions we enjoy today would've been made. Apart from penicillin. That was discovered by someone not doing the dishes for a while. They'll be plenty of that happening.

But I suppose if we had Facebook 100 years ago we wouldn't have had the bad things either. If Hitler spent all day playing Scrabble we might not have had the Second World War. Just an update saying, "Hitler is... making plans for world domination". Or "Hitler invited you to join the Third Reich". Or even better, "Hitler has installed Super Wall... in Berlin."

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