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By: Rosella Derflinger

Rosella Derflinger — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:27:40 +0000

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By: Backlink Building

Backlink Building — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:46:36 +0000

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By: Velkyal

Velkyal — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:34:40 +0000

I think I am slowly becoming something of a willful luddite – I use less and less “tech” in my personal life, limiting the number of people who have my mobile number, refusing to buy an iPhone or Blackberry, rejecting anyone on Facebook that I have never met in person, going to the pub more often and connecting with the other regulars and the staff, tryin gto turn my life into a Cheers episode; they all know my name, and they are all glad when I come. Even so, I want some peace.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:18:55 +0000

I totally agree. And I only read blogs when I happen to search for something and they lead me there, which is how I found yours.

By: Natasha Becoming Something

Natasha Becoming Something — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:43:44 +0000

I have been pondering some of these same questions myself. I am not as submersed as you are. I hate RSS feeds because they read like another to-do list. I hate email newsletters because I rarely have time to read them when they come and after that I’ve lost interest and they also read like another to-do list. And… I haven’t figured out what a trackback really is, yet. Same for pingback. I thought I knew… now not so sure.

My husband doesn’t understand the motivation to blog. Some friends don’t either. So, it got me thinking. I wrote just a little bit about that in my most recent post.

Like you, I love this connectedness. I love hearing the ideas and experiences of others and not knowing them personally is irrelevant. Aren’t we all brothers and sisters, after all?

Nice to “meet” you.

Natasha Becoming Somethings last blog post..How blogging has made me a better person. For reals.

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CharlesJeter.com » Saturday’s Link Roundup — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:03:28 +0000

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By: Whitney

Whitney — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:02:41 +0000

I echo everything that Craig and Rhonda said.

I’m not on FaceBook…there’s only so much of me that I want to put out there, and I don’t have the patience to set up rules that dictate which friends see what information. I’m on LinkedIn, which has added some value…and some noise…to my professional life and frankly, it’s enough.

Like Rhonda, I decided not to get involved with Twitter. I have a lot coming in to my RSS aggregator. I belong to two active lists/forums. I work all day, teach online and at night, am VP for a non-profit group, and new manager for an STC SIG. I have personal, work (day job), work (freelance), instructor/classroom, and non-profit e-mail accounts that require daily attention. Periodicals to read, news to keep up with, a couple of blogs to maintain, etc.

I simply don’t have the bandwidth to handle more. More accurately, I suppose, I’m unwilling to make the sacrifices and compromises in other areas of my life that would be necessary in order to create more bandwidth for all the other “stuff”.

Like Craig, I turn off my computer quite a bit. I turn off my business cell phone after 6 on weekdays and all weekend. Am I affecting the size of my network? Yes. Am I affecting the number of work leads that come to me? Yes. Am I missing out on stuff on YouTube and blogs and other sites? Yes.

So be it. My happiness quotient goes up as my “wired-ness” goes down. I’d rather be known for being a good daughter, a loyal friend, a helpful community member, and a good human being. At the end of our days, we’ll measure the success of our lives by the time we spent with those most important to us — not by how often we updated our social networking pages and contributed to the noise on Twitter.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:54:14 +0000

I love the connectedness, but only when I don’t feel overwhelmed by it. I have enough trouble keeping up with RSS feeds and email, to the point where I deliberately decided that I wouldn’t even investigate Twitter and the like. I have a Facebook account I rarely use (except to play the occasional online word games with friends overseas), and a LinkedIn account that I look at occasionally. I’m a member of some of the tech writing Ning groups, but rarely stop by. I read forums occasionally, but try not to sign up for notifications. I post date my blog postings, so I’ll have a rush one day then not write anything for a week or two.

I want to do things other than sit at a computer all day and all night. There are books to read, TV programs and films to watch, friends and family to visit, gardens to weed, hobbies and crafts to absorb the mind and hands…

I already spend WAY too much time on my computer each day, and my physical (and possibly mental) health is likely suffering as a result.

Oh, and on all this connectedness, I want a mobile phone that is a PHONE — not a camera, not an MP3 player, not an internet-connected device — just a phone. Is that too much to ask for??

Rhondas last blog post..Inches to pixels converter

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:40:18 +0000

It’s the unique ability to sit at home and be able to connect to people all over the world. We live in a time where sharing ideas and getting feedback from people anywhere from marketing managers to CEO’s is instant.
It’s the ability to connect with people who share similar hobbies and interests. It’s proven in the fact that regular people are becoming famous through blogging, podcasts etc. They did this simply by sharing a passion or giving useful advice or just sharing their lives with the public. The internet keeps growing and as technology advances connecting with the entire world will be possible,faster, and it will keep getting easier.