Both of the research assistants I work with are always online

Well, more or less. One has a Blackberry, and the other has an iPhone. I asked one of them how many of her friends also have constant online access. "Oh, almost everyone," she said. "I see them walking down the street or around campus with their heads in the phones, typing away... They're on Email."

It used to be texting. Now it's Email.

Times are changing. :-)