I actually thought I was quite connected. I went to a talk
last week and learnt that I was actually
quite disconnected. There are times, you see, when I deliberately don’t plug
myself into the net. I’m not one of these people who is constantly trying to
keep up with Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and my email even when I’m out and
about. I’ll look if I’m expecting something or I find myself idle or bored. I
only like on Facebook and retweet on Twitter what I genuinely like.
But if I’m disconnected, some people are totally isolated.
And for a writer and an academic who works a lot of the time in isolation,
social media is a real gift.
