I feel like I've taken the step into the unknown recently. I've gotten both a Facebook and Twitter account. Not for the social aspects, particularly, but because I can automatically send my location information to both of them when I'm out bicycling around the various parks or geocaching. This leads me to a (possibly false) sense of security/safety that I didn't have before. I had some initial problems with the MiFi card (which I've had for a year or so), but I hope they've now been fixed after several calls to the provider.

In the past, I could never think of a reason why I would use either of those services, but the new capability changed that.