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Flickr? I don’t even know her.
By audhill | July 20, 2008
Lately, I’ve taken to reading Scott McLeod’s blog. Maybe because I dont’ update my own blog often enough.. I’ll post my comment to his post about all the things he gets from twitter, youtube, flickr, facebook and ning. (ps… here’s my flickr. )
The social web is about people and connectivity, right? So every blog, tweet, Skype chat, comment, Flickr photo, YouTube video, Facebook update, or Ning post - they’re each another gap-filler for me. Chink by chink, brick by brick, pixel by pixel - the picture becomes more clear and complete. Is this someone with whom I want to connect? Is this someone with whom I want to converse? Is this someone from whom I want to learn? That’s the power of Twitter (and blogging and … ) for me.
That all sounds good, but you use up a lot of your time filtering content that way. I don’t think that’s a good use of my time, although I do spend a lot of time “filtering” too.
This week I have an elderly mother who has fallen again. a new puppy that needs my time and training. A 12 year old car that is dying. a few doctors appointments I haven’t made. A neice who needs to know me. A few blogs I like to read. Two blogs I’d like to update but don’t. An animation I’d like to create. A few friends I’d like to spend time with. An apartment I’d like to clean. A hundred books I plan to read. A class I’d like to take. A body I’d like to exercise…. you get my point.
Everything CAN NOT be fit in. Something has to give and I have the right and the obligation to decide which things will give. The people who make time for every blog, every youtube video, every twitter are taking time from other things.. which is fine.. great even, if it enriches their lives, and they don’t mind the trade off. Personally, I’m trying to put technology in a balanced place in my life… so that I have more life offline than on.
I love to read good blogs, see great videos, meet interesting people (and have them ignore me ( : P ) But now I need to pick and choose and be mindful that every choice IS a choice to use the precious time I have on the planet. Even the act of responding to this blog is questionable. The pool awaits. My husband has come in twice to see what I’m up to. I haven’t made lunch. My dog wants to go to the river. My mother needs me to figure out what to do next.
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