Social Networking

The world is going through a serious change when it comes to networking and information exchange. This comes close on the heels of the shift in media reporting where you will see a preponderance of investigative reporters enquiring about "the mood" to the survivor of a terrible railway accident, etc. We also have full fledged prime time discussions on the "Rapid Eye Movement" of a US Supreme Court Nominee and its various implications. With the likes of social tools like Twitter and Facebook your life becomes part of the global whole. You get access to ambient knowledge and social warmth with a peek into the everyday lives of your network members. Apart from a host of valuable information, you will also get to know what someone had for dinner last night - the type of conversation we usually ascribed to our aunts and adjacent neighbors pulling down their window curtains and talking to each other. I call this inclusive networking since it pries open your life in general. These applications has the potential to open up a long lost world as it has happened in my case. I am again in touch with my school friends from KG level and reliving all the wonderful memories of childhood. Suddenly, you feel that the world has become small or flat and you are connected. This is a fantastic feeling blessed with profuse amount of social warmth.