1–ON–1 191. Be Ambient Aware Befriend a good coworker on Facebook and/or follow them on Twitter. This type of social networking allows for ambient awareness, or “awareness created through regular and constant reception, and/or exchange of information 1 fragments through social media.” The NY Times likens it to “being physically near someone and picking up on mood through little things; body language, sights, stray comments...”2 Why would you want that? Users of social media suggest that this ambient awareness brings them closer together with more people and limited extra work. 1 See Ambient awareness. 2 See Brave New World of Digital Intimacy. 103