Social NOTworking

"Humans are social creatures"

But then why doesnt the oxford or the cambridge or the marriam webster have the word 'social' in their definitions??

In a world of increasing socialization, it is becoming a mandate that one is socially networked using any of the infinite web 2 tech apps.

Nowadays holding an email account is like having a name.
Good that we can choose usernames of our choice, imgine what Pichaimuthu or Muthukaruppan and the likes will feel when they have to hold that in their mail account... what would happen to welegedra?
Ada-Kadawule-EnPeru-Pudigale-Saggigale-Asingamle-Welegedara@i(long)ai.com

This also allows us to choose an alibi, this week I can call myself as deepak, next week DeeGan, next week DpK, Deep, DBugs, Bugs, DeeBUG etc.. I can hardly imagine how could anyone have gotaway with an alias from our parents a decade ago
Yen da Veetla Periyavangala Paathu paeru vecha...adha surukki Stylenu perula ennatha panra voi??
---Thanks to social networking I can be whateva I wanna be as long as I remember who I am (COOL)--- afterall its only with those with whom I am connected who gonna get in trouble deciphering the identity of me.. :P.. I call this HYPERcool

But holding a supercool account at gmail is no longer cool, a bigWAVE has just hit the city after a slew of SNS (Social Notworking sites)
And my bad, orkut offers me donuts no more..

I start giving my status message..
What the hell am I doing this to fill up the space..?
What am I supposed to do? There are other new feautres and options..new orkut beta..
Have I used all the feautures it offers? How would I know...

"LinkedIn" for the rescue.. Your profile is 77.975% full...Well thats a stat.prominent figure..

Then what is Twitter supposed to be If I can already update my status at Orkut??
Now what about facebook.. I am no longer cool eh? Guess the global warming is fast heating up things... If you wanna be socially active I hearld a future of everchanging/opening accounts...
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Sorry fellas if you were expecting a logical conclusion to this blog...
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Gotto Check my mails, read the blogs that I follow, digg them if I can, retweet those that have the addons, update my tweeter, post scraps and WAT else...

A tiring exercise that defies the definition of human, but come what may I still am socially active..donno if its worth the exercise

"Humans are social creatures if they hold two or more accounts" -- W.Buffet is an exception :D

Adai, Avial, Saaambar and Summers!!

"Ganga Mess...Hey, have you registered for Ganga??
I am praying that I will get Ganga Mess...
You know what CR1 is worse than RR da...Register first to get into ganga..."
--> Mid Oct 2009

It was mid-october and people were getting really miserable with dried chapthis and papad like pooris.
With absolutely zilch vegetables except Aloo which is skyrocketing nearly 50/kilo...donno whats happening this month at other messes.

Now, I consider myself lucky for getting SHORTLISTED in Ganga mess...atleast there is a scope to get in where I wished to. As curious always, I had this nagging sensation to know how one gets allotted a mess...and my friend tried hard enough to explain the algorithm (algorithm to allot mess, no wonder ppl at IITs complicate things!!)to me and as my skull proved its mettle!, nothing seeped in.

Okay, lets call that some PROCESS..hmm, though not transparent enough, but I was LUCKY I got through Ganga...GANGA ROCKS!! But of'late some of my friends are a little irated when people speak of process, transparency or shortlisted or getting what one wants...

Ahem..Sometimes we even hold meetings to decide what one wants, Yes, that surely is a positive step. But what about people who want desperately to get into GANGA?? They apply for Ganga, they get it and then they don't like it???

And also understand that, if you are applying for Ganga, you are infact preventing the opportunity that a prospective ganga lover really seeks.

And do all people who get into Ganga can convert it to PPO? (Post Pongal Offer) For people who do not understand Post Pongal Offer...it is getting into the same mess the next month, probbly permanently....This is when my friend demystified me... "Dei, Dubukku, just becoZ you have got into GANGA mess it does not mean you will get Post Pongal Offer..."

So guys applying for Ganga or RR or CR please be responsible...Please spend sometime to understand whether you like North Indian, South Indian or mixed? If its TAMBRAM like food..... please head to Ganga!!!

I know I am not in CW (Clearly Wise state) or CC (Conspicuously Clear)...but still I want to be helpful enough to PLACE ppl where they are desirous to get in...

And guys who have got into Ganga, Congrats..Enjoy your Adai, Avial and Saambar and hope you all get PPOs.. (But please dont cheat people by saying you have just got PPIs..Post Pongal and Idlys..when you infact get PPOs...)

"DoMS...Hey, have you applied for DoMS??
I am praying that I will get DoMS...
You know what NMIMS is worse than IIFT da...Apply first to get into DoMS..."
--> April - May 2009