If you make sure you're connected/The writing's on the wall

Three recent incidents which have made me realise how far behind the stereotypical modern, perma-connected young professional I am:

1. Reading this Douglas Coupland articleMost folk are networked to the gills already and will be even more so in the future. It scares me.

2. Listening to some walking companions on Saturday avidly discussing their iPhone addictions. Is it wrong not to want one?

(By the way, how do you know if somebody owns an iPhone? Don’t worry, they’ll be sure to tell you. Repeatedly.)

3. Saw an advert for HTC on telly. Dawned on me I'd no idea who HTC were. Wiki’d them – they do Google Android thingies. None the wiser.

I don't see the need for constantly Facebooking/Twittering or Hotmail whilst on the move. What happened to enjoying the physical world?

In truth I secretly think the world would be a better place sans mobile phones. Maybe I’m a dangerous heretic. Or maybe I need more friends.

And don’t get me started on iPads. Or Kindles. Everyone will be sad if (when?) the printed word dies out. Well, except for the trees.

I’m well aware of the irony of moaning about Tweeting and status updates on my blog. Tough. This is proper writing. (In theory.)

I will never tweet. Although I’m making a concession to Twitter fans in this post by making sure each paragraph is no longer than 140 charac

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