Convergent technology can seem complex. Particularly if you embrace the idea of different people using the most appropriate devices they have, at whatever time and place that suits best. An application, service or product is not just a web application or a mobile product, or a facebook plugin. It’s all of them according to the needs and preferences of the users and customers.

But there’s a point where convergent solutions become even more complex. When all these different modes of use are happening at once it can seem like chaos.

Last year, on another blog, I wrote about the untapped potential of the apparently simple “clicker” devices becoming popular in education. From a convergence point of view the response from potential users has been mixed. Institutional inertia is a major barrier to the uptake of even such simple possibilities.

On a more positive note, Olivia Mitchell wrote How to Present While People are Twittering, which encourages presenters to embrace the “back-channel” offered by services such as twitter.

As yourself – how open are you to the possibilities offered by the convergence of disparate communications technology into a “back-channel”?