Gave it A Go
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Year: 2011
Social Noise?
I am trying to simplify my little internet world. So many social sites, blogs, follow or un-follow? Join or not? It hit my pea little multiple sclerosis swiss cheese brain when I accidentally deleted some folks from one of my G+ circles. I did not wish to hurt anyone’s feelings and then it dawned on me if I could not remember who the heck they were I was over estimating my nuisance value. I love to follow many people on twitter/google/blogs because I learn from them and get exposed to ideas I might not otherwise consider. Social networks also provide – well a connection to others I would not otherwise have. But I will no longer follow people just to be following them because someone else I follow does or in return their following me. I hope to follow only folks on social networks that I enjoy and they in return at least acknowledge me.
So far the only thing I have removed is my facebook account. Seriously, too much noise. What I define as noise is anything that is not relevant to me. I do not care what someones score was in a game or who found what out about someone – please click here and let us see all your data . … . This is probably why I never embraced FB in the first place. And, while I realize all social sites data mine FB IMHO is the worst.
Selfish – probably.
Setting up who I wish to follow or who wishes to follow me in G+ is kind of humorous. There are some techies and photographers I am following but the techies are quick not to follow me LOL duh I am not a tech blogger or writer. But I think many folks sign up for the google plus and become intimidated real fast. It is not set up like many other social platforms while it is really a simple idea – make circles with your friends in them – it also has draw backs as any new platform will – growing pains? It seems to be more geared toward quality follows than collecting high follower stats. Quality V quantity . … not a social contest?
One thing is sure for me – there are a lot of arrogant folks trying to sway the direction G+ takes. I am still hoping that there will be room for nobodies in the judgement of the “techie social sphere” to form some awesome circles.
I am trying to do away with my old news reader and use google reader as it is more integrated with my cell phone contacts and the Chrome browser. The problem I have is how to go about doing this without having to manually add everyone to the google reader from my other program. Export and Import just create double feeds and when I delete one sometimes it removes both. Unfollowing people I still wish to follow. I must be missing something as this should not be this confusing to do.
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The other big deal is how do I tie all this stuff together? The trend is headed toward a less transparent web identities. I have always kept this blog away from my real world given name and used my nickname. keeping the two “identities’ separate is getting harder and harder. Do I care that you know who I am in real life – not really. Do I wish to keep some of the things I have written on the blog out of my families eyes – you bet!
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I just finished re-reading some of Jean M Auel’s Earth’s Children series. I love her books! While reading the authors acknowledgement s in Shelters of Stone I was reminded of a time when I was active, meeting folks, apart of, etc. First off some of the folks she mentions I had the honor of meeting. Most especially bringing back memories of my favorite Anthropology professor David Abrams (deceased) – a teacher who sent my mind dreaming and yet at the same time was demanding of his students and the reason I did meet or heard these people speak. Cave Art still rocks David!
The in my face: it saddens me that I probably never will get to visit the caves whose art awes me.
Ok that is it for now.
Again
Yep, there you have what is left of an 169.00 dollar package plus the 120 bucks worth of labor. Before you all start yammering on about how we should move – note we can not afford to! We are to busy paying our insurance and vandalism costs.
It is a free for all around here nowadays with the PD not being able to police and the and the legal system not being able to prosecute – it is just a thieves dream come true I tell you.
Ok, I get that you wanted to snitch my gasoline but why I ask must you steal the gas cap, cut the cord to it, and ruin the filler neck? I ask is there no intelligence at all amongst you thieving bastards?
Oh yeah now that I found out the end caps for the nerf bars cost 89.00 bucks I get why you stole those too.
But damaging stuff that does not need to be damaged to get less than 5 gallons of gas? You all are just stupid and we as a society are letting you get away with it. Yes we are. It is not because your mamma was not much of a mamma. I do not believe it is because you have had a rough life either. Nope I believe it is because you know no one is going to hold you accountable. Maybe you were born of bad seed – i dunno but I am buying the excuses anymore.
You see the thing you all do not get is that I am not exactly happy with life right now. I am looking forward to who knows what.
Might you understand that – I am sure you do as you always are running about letting everyone know your not afraid to die.
Guess what suckers!
You owe me about 378.00 dollars plus tax.
Plugs and Plus
Killing time seems to be what each day has been about lately. The Adaptive PE class starts again on the 22nd. I will miss not having to watch the clock or tossing and turning in bed worried that I need to get some rest. Not having somewhere I am suppose to be means I can just read and eventually I will get some sleep. Having to get up and ready and head out for class kind of takes that freedom away. On the other side having somewhere to go provides a routine – some normalcy and socialization.
I have made some progress figuring out my smart phone. All the little apps, how it hooks up to the internet, etc. just amazes me. Turning on the television and having it communicate with my computer and in turn the home phone . … this stuff should be easy but things that I think should be can turn my mind to mush nowadays. There is so much technology out there that has the potential to help but it seems the folks that “get it” do not get that while my mind takes longer to connect it does not mean I am stupid. I know what needs to be done, I might even know how to do it, I just can not quite get there sometimes
The new G+ social network is pulling me in. What I like about it is first off and foremost is that it is NOT Facebook! I do not have spend time blocking stupid game announcements (those of you who love the games please do not take offense) I do not give a rats arse that you scored and if I wanted to play I would be playing. While I appreciate that someone I have never met or conversed with considers me worthy of a beating heart I do not want to allow access to my info and send back a heart so it beats faster. I grew tired of the spam generated every time I logged in.
I like that I can carry on a conversation without the 140 character limit that twitter has. I liked twitter until it was inundated with businesses mining for potential clients. I finally set my account to private so I did not have to block all the folks wanting to follow to gain info on me and in turn spam me.
Right now G+ requires you use your real name and a gmail account when you sign up. So using a nickname is out. Some major players have had their accounts deleted because they signed up using their nicknames. Right or wrong the banter seems to be more civil. It took me a bit to figure out how to message to one person, how to control who sees what, but control I have! I see G+ as having a great potential for group sharing and perhaps not as much one for individual sharing. Firing up the web cam in a hangout and joining in can be fun.
I hope the G+ people keep out the business accounts and the political organizations too. Less noise. I have seen a few of you there and maybe more of you will give it a go. If you are just creating the account to promote your site/blog and do not participate in the conversations you will find your icon dragged out of my active circles and into a holding one. If you are using G+ and I have not found you let me know. Need an invite? Same deal let me know I have a few left. I really think the potential here to create a game, heart, site promoting, wall free community can happen here. Then again it is in beta stage so who knows they might just go and change it all up to appease the big business.
I have been plugging along slowly trying to get some cable management happening here before I trip on or hook one and all the stuff goes flying. It is taking some time numb hands and all. I tell you I should have recorded some of this as I would have some great fall boom shots along with many WTF looks on my face.
Till the next time.