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For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world.

I'm old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it's important.

To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn't be bothered - that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It's so off-putting.

What surprises me is when people give me their mobile number. The other day, someone on a bus asked if I swear. I said I try not to, but of course I'm just a normal person.

I'm a mild-mannered person.

I was desperate really for people not to accuse me of coldness. It was taboo.

We could talk, act, and dress funny. We were excused for socially inappropriate behavior: 'Oh, he's a programmer'. It was all because we knew this technology stuff that other people found completely mystifying.

I used to always prefer to text, and in fact got indignant when people called. This was totally irrational.

I hate cellphones. They are not for good, they're for evil. They're for gossip.