On Facebook at last

Harrumph! Finally caved-in and created a Facebook account. Over the years many friends have sent friend requests to my email ids and I've always politely responded to them by email instead. I'm always glad to hear from them - I guess there's something about "being connected" that I just don't get yet. How someone can Tweet about the minutae of their lives is still beyond me.

I remember having misgivings about owning a cell phone back in the day - "I don't want to be that reachable!" I asserted. Besides, I was almost always in front of a phone at work or at home and what could be so urgent that it couldn't wait till I got to my phone? I do have a cell phone now but I use it mostly for message collection, an antic my wife strongly disapproves of. I guess she didn't enjoy running out of gas within a stone's throw of my office and not being able to reach me.

I guess at the heart of it all is that communication has gotten so terribly interrupt-driven. Email is as instant a form of communication as I'd like.

And then there's the matter of imposter accounts (don't ask me why - I'm neither famous nor particularly interesting). Twice in the last few years Facebook accounts appeared for me - complete with a picture pulled from my website, and posts to my friends. Facebook promptly deleted the accounts when I reported them and suggested I report it to law enforcement if it happened again.

Anyway, without much further ado here it is. (Blogging to say "Here's my Facebook account" reminds me of the early days of email. My dad's colleagues would email him and then call him to let him know they had emailed him.)

Looking forward to connecting with many many old friends! I'm also starting school shortly (and they required a Facebook account, so now you know why!) - look forward to making many new friends too!