Talk nerdy to me...

In a semi-darkened room, havoc is at play. A man sits hunched over a laptop, fingers ablaze, as he embarks on a journey of social enlightenment. He searches and googles, tweets and blogs, dozens of tabs opened at once as he multitasks his way to digital supremacy. He hasn't left his abode for three years. He has no need of the outside world.

The man joins twitter, and facebook. He has email accounts at hotmail, gmail, and yahoo. He has a level 57 undead warlock. He is connected. He is hip. He is an everyman of a new millennia.

As our world becomes more and more connected in the digital realm, we often run the risk of becoming less and less connected in real life. And yet, for a few, the digital world is akin to being a pimply faced asocial gangly high school kid snubbed by even the lowest of cliques. Not everyone can be a networking superstar. Not everyone can be connected. And hip.

It is these digital rejects that we must remember. As we sit in our places of absolute social power we should remember the clumsy girl who has no online friends. The pimply troll who shouts out obscenities that say "Please, someone look at me!"

If this brave new world of social connectivity is to be somewhat inclusive, we must reach out to others. Embrace a loner. Befriend a stranger. Comment on someone's blog. Share your extremely connected power to make someone's day.

Be connected. Be hip. Be kind.