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I was talking to someone the other day who strongly believes that the next generation will
‘disconnect’. Naively, I thought he meant that they will hang up on you when you are talking to them
on the phone, but no. He meant a total disconnection from the world of digital chat. Social Media
being the main one.

Now as much as that sounds crazy (I said with an incredulous tone), he was adamant that it could
happen, and for a number of quite (annoyingly) sensible reasons.

Existing generations have witnessed the birth of the Social Media phenomena, and seen it become a
must-have. If you aren’t ‘on Social’ then you are missing out on ‘essential’ communication and
news sharing. Existing generations have caught the I’ve Got To Have It bug, but new generations will
simply grow up with it as just another thing in their life that is old-hat. The have to have the newest
thing craze will have moved onto something else and Social Media will not be the latest thing
anymore. You only want it because it is the latest thing, when it isn’t the latest thing any more, it’s
not so desirable.

Another reason they may disconnect is because of the growing realisation that actually Social Media
is starting to cause more problems than it is solving. Ok, it keeps people connected around the
world, but it also makes you openly available to everyone around the world whether you like it or
not. Once upon a time Social Media was a place to chat with friends, rekindle old friendships and
post photos about your holidays. Now it is a place for bullying, trolling and hacking. The new
generations are not going to want the hassle.

So the savvy thinkers of the next generation may well decide it is too intrusive, too annoying and
quite frankly not the best way of interacting with people. They may well think, and gosh what a
novel idea this is, that talking face to face is actually really rather nice.

What do you think?

More please!

I agree with Rebecca - it is unfair not to be able to display true emotions when we need to but there is definitely a time and a place, and the office is not always it. No matter what the scenario, if you cry in front of colleagues it will change their perception of you, so do you really want that?  

Much better to excuse yourself from the situation and gather your emotions by considering the following:

If you have made a monumental c**k-up then crying won't solve anything unless you have a wonderful boss who will put  their arm around you and coo "there, there.." whilst offering to take the blame for you. Seeing as most of us don't have a boss even vaguely resembling that, then heed the message crying won't solve anything - but positivity will. Get on it, sort it, let 'professional you' clear up the mess and get back on top.

If you are crying at work because you have been driven to it by a nasty boss/colleague or you are unhappy in your work, then quit. Life is too short for evil co-workers and blubbing at your desk. 

Back to the original topic … the ONLY thing I hate about Google is the fact that nobody bothers to learn anything any more because they can "Google it". I even heard someone saying the other day that teachers are having to argue against Google access being allowed during exams because it is a modern 'learning tool'. 

I mean, REALLY???!!! 

Gosh I really hope I am never in the situation that I can't speak to the operator, but if I am I now know what to do! Thank you Bob.

Sorry I can't help here, I am not entirely sure what you are asking, but Rebecca is right - if you can't find anyone on line who has signed up then I am not sure you should either!

I've spotted a little error…. 

Bravo Andy, bravo. 

Well done you! 

Andy

If your products look good and you are a bit nifty with a camera, then Instagram is a great platform for you to use. You post images only (not links/blogs/content) of a certain product and can use your bio to include a link to said product, encouraging traffic to your website.

Easy to set up and you can grow your audience relatively quickly.