Nick Harkaway Quotes

The Internet has introduced me to some of my closest friends.

Twitter's been interesting. I'm kind of a tech geek, but I've never been a Facebook or Twitter guy. Surprisingly, I've really enjoyed Twitter because I get to connect with fans.

I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend.

Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information easier and faster than ever.

Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.

I love social media and the ability to connect to new people through Twitter and Facebook and share my real time experiences with my mommy network.

There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in a more efficient way.

It's amazing how directly you can connect with people via social media.

I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well.

I don't have anyone's number; I just Facebook them.

Internet has created the ability to connect people instantly.

It turns out that the most powerful use of technology is to connect people together socially.

I'm an independent game developer - there's not exactly an offline version of that. This is where my community is; everybody I'm close to I know because of the Internet.

I never really had a lot of friends where I lived. Online, you can have thousands of friends.

Twitter is an amazing thing, because people follow each other and they can make friends.

I think social media is a great place to share ideas and to connect with other people.

I'm kind of a social person and I enjoy corresponding with people and checking out their Facebook pages. And it really doesn't take much time. Ten minutes in the morning, 10 minutes at night and a little bit during the day. It's just something I really enjoy.

A lot of social media saved my ass, so I'm totally for it.

The Internet is especially adept at compressing humanity and making it easy to forget there are people behind tweets, posts, and memes.

I think technology gives the illusion that you are connecting with people, social media particularly.

I think that Silicon Valley and technology can play a huge role in redefining what community looks like and how people come together and what authentic relationships look like, but that is not only their burden.

I used to be on the Internet a lot, so all my friends on the Internet were from California.

Social media... it's the future for the new generation.

The sole forms of social interaction I was aware of as a kid involved a jungle gym and a sticker book. It was only in high school that ICQ - a prehistoric form of instant messaging - was first incorporated into my cultural vocabulary.

What's really great about social media is we have tremendous access, and there's a wealth of information about the people that we admire online.