so every time i figure out something new, every time i get the understanding of something new, every time i get comfortable with something - something new and different comes along.. now its not that i consider myself out of date already, however i am starting to not being able to keep the pace, and i wonder how anybody can anymore. A long time ago i decided not to go with FB as i didnt find any needs for it, then i started doing a blog, then it was all of the hotmail / yahoo / gmail set up, then it was skype, it was ICQ, then slowly twitter, xing, linkedin, twitter, G+, dropbox, pinterest, klout, instagram, and it just keeps on coming .. i understand the structure of all of them, which is to build a "community", i guess some of them are meant to help you become more productive, but aren't all of those tools, micro-blogs etc starting to demand more of your time than before, are we not looking at investing more and more time on-line versus face to face, (okay that sounds so old fashion..), is this healthy? not that long ago i posted a tweet, which caused me to get a couple of direct messages that was rather unpleasant, my only comment was that with all the focus on internet / online children are now a-days becoming totally ad utterly socially awkward, i mean come on we have a new concept that is the "ipad generation", i was truly and utterly shocked when i heard that the first time .. imagine kids now-a-days dont smile to each other but send a :-) how weird..
so going from me being mentally tired of all the changes to internet / "onlineness" / my social community building / my own connectivity i am starting to look more at a new generation that is building their whole socialness on being online - what will happen when / if there is a outage.. what has the world come to.. i know you can stop development, but cant we make a balance between one and the other ..
As always if you have a comment or reply - feel free to drop me a line, .. till then stay social ..
so going from me being mentally tired of all the changes to internet / "onlineness" / my social community building / my own connectivity i am starting to look more at a new generation that is building their whole socialness on being online - what will happen when / if there is a outage.. what has the world come to.. i know you can stop development, but cant we make a balance between one and the other ..
As always if you have a comment or reply - feel free to drop me a line, .. till then stay social ..
Interesting post Mr. Nielsen.. Well, as usually. Why do you think it is so? Don't you think that the young generation takes it over from .. Us?
ReplyDeletethanks for the comment, and you know what - i am certain that we are only seeing the top of what is coming, the speed of which development is moving is never been higher, so i am sure more will come, and yes you are right the young generation will take over - my point is just that although we are moving into a more digital age, lets try and not forget the simple things, like face to face communication, a smile or a hello on the bus in the morning, a thank-you in the shop .. hope it makes sense :-)
ReplyDelete+1 to that Martin, totally agreed.
ReplyDeletewhat can i say, i am a sucker for the good old way,
ReplyDeleteseems like you got it, virtual boy! :P ...marketa...
ReplyDeleteone thing i have noticed is that, the older i get the more i get .. LOL .. having said that, as a kid i must have been driving my mother insane ..
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