They grew up with their faces glued to computer screens, they find socializing virtually to be a pretty good stand-in or supplement for face-to-face interaction.
The difference is that while chat-room denizens sit in contemplative isolation, glued to computer screens, in the Philippines the "texters" are right out in the throng.
"Where else would millions (or is that too many) be glued to computer screens, hanging on to every word typed by a journalist who is in turn hanging on to every word typed by the millions glued to their computer screens?
And yet, for the high school senior, the season of college applications is characterized by indoor imagery: toiling away in classrooms to assure the best grades yet, drafting essays and activity lists while glued to computer screens, sitting in auditoriums taking a final SAT, or attending countless college information sessions.
These days, we probably spend too much time glued to computer screens, tweeting, updating our statuses, tumbling, pinning things to Pinterest, or doing whatever it is we do on the growing number of social networks we belong to.
There is really no beginning and no end, the watch officers always glued to computer screens and linked through Secret chat windows, a globe-spanning looking glass monitoring the vitals of one of the most dangerous and volatile nations on earth.
You can't be perceived as someone who is always inside your office or glued to your computer screen.
Mr. Benson stayed in New York, glued to a computer screen for 16 hours, receiving and posting dispatches from participants in the project.
