All of us have experienced losing touch with people that we love. Is it a product of our society? Our culture? Who knows?! But we all know that guilty feeling of not having talked to someone since high school or returning a long overdue call. Sometimes we convince ourselves that it has been too long; it would actually be worse to talk to someone now, rather than to just keep putting it off. Well never fear, my disillusioned readers! Here are the 5 best ways to stay in touch with people, and they are all online!

1. Geni:

   What better place to start then with your family? Genie is a free service that lets you build your family tree and then invite your family members to join and add all kinds of contact and general info.

2. Facebook:

   If you don’t already know, Facebook is a great way to stay in touch with your classmates, both from college and high school. And now, anyone can join! Plus they are sporting some hot new gadgets as of a few days ago.

3. Virb°:

   For all of you who didn’t read my review, Virb° is the latest and greatest of the massive social networks. It is a grown up MySpace. Personally, I like to keep tabs of real (flesh and blood) friends on Facebook, but digital (people I meet online) friends on Virb°.

4. Meebo:

   Even though I do not personally love instant messaging, if I had too, I would use a multi-protocol client that would be accessible from anywhere with a connection; that would be Meebo! No installing; just log on and enjoy. The only downside is that file sharing is a no go.

5. LinkedIn:

   The last contestant in this game is LinkedIn. There is no better way to stay in touch with your colleagues and clients than with this website. You build a profile that is a resume rather than a collection of dumb quotes and cds you like. As a bonus, the design is very pleasing to the eye.