I just wanted to make a note of something I particularly agreed with from the Symposium – that as much as networks exist online and it is important to be a part of these. I think it can be easily forgotten that networks in the physical world are also very important. Face-to-face contact is a great thing about being alive and I just don’t believe in living from behind a computer screen without experiencing everything the physical world has to offer as well.

I have 602 friends on Facebook. Do I talk to them all on a regular basis? No. So why do I keep them there? For me, I like the security of having these people I am able to contact for particular things if need be and it’s nice as a history of who you have met over time. These relationships or simply this network is very different to the one I have in my (physical) world. The people I spend my time with or talk to regularly I have no connection or contact with them on Facebook or online in general because it isn’t necessary and it definitely is a different relationship between the two platforms.

I do connect with multiple networks online, Facebook was just an example, but I also have LinkedIn and my email as well as other creative paths such as polyvore, pinterest, sound cloud etc. All my connections on these are very different as well and they are different ways of communicating with these people in various areas of my life.