Who's Doing What?

A recent study found that just because people have more gadgets, it did not necessarily mean they were more connected (connected as in online more, not connected as in "in the mob" or "in with the popular kids.") The researchers were really surprised to learn that some people who had been online since the beginnings of the internet were not apt to purchase more gadgets but were very comfortable blogging, commenting on blogs, interacting online in general, and even managing their own websites. Clearly, those researchers and I are "connected" to a different crowd. I knew that and could have saved them a lot of time. Gadgets do not an internet devotee make. I wonder if a lot of people really think those things do go together. I see gadget people and internet people as very different... as different as car people and train people. They probably have some overlap, but not a lot.