tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post8702170800670603917..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: How Things Used To Be - Great Service At Speedy GlassStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-77604903374939678282013-05-11T11:21:21.615-08:002013-05-11T11:21:21.615-08:00Jacob, I've been holding off responding to you...Jacob, I've been holding off responding to <a href="http://whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com/2013/05/reality-is-that-which.html" rel="nofollow">your previous comment</a> - about not doing the cryptoquote - because it seemed that perhaps it required a less public forum. I would note that I did reread what I'd written carefully. I don't see any judgment in my words. I was merely observing that most readers wouldn't do the cryptoquote. I didn't say - trying to not be too wordy - that everyone is busy and has other things to do besides stop and work out the puzzle. <br /><br />When I started this blog, I never associated it with 'social media.' And I questioned that categorization when Steve Heimel had me on Talk of Alaska to talk about social media. But I have met a number of folks through this blog - either because the blog gives me some liberty to talk to people I meet as a blogger or because of comments or emails responding to posts. <br /><br />And you and I are probably in better communication these days than we would be without the blog. <br /><br />So I guess, in response to your musings, I'd say the blog adds another medium through which people can connect. it doesn't make the venues obsolete. The ability to keep connected to so many people world wide does cause me to ponder how many people can one person actually 'know'? Would I be better off spending more time with a fewer number of friends than having my attention scattered over such a wide array of acquaintances? <br /><br />I think I know the answer - it's self discipline to make the tools available work for us and not be seduced by the trivia. But that's easier said than done.<br /><br />Perhaps my inclination to take the discussion 'off the air" reflects my instincts to have more, deeper contact with fewer people. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-61103283973581902072013-05-11T04:21:05.983-08:002013-05-11T04:21:05.983-08:00I started to think on this. Started to write. Dele...I started to think on this. Started to write. Deleted it. <br /><br />Blogs are strange places, aren't they? Always an invitation to the dance, but no place to hit the boards with a partner.<br /><br />Yes, social media gets things going at times, but it just doesn't deliver social space. It may even lead toward isolation, as walking down a crowded street can disconnect us from one another.<br /><br />Off topic, as they say. Oh, well. My two pence.Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.com