About a week ago, I disabled my Facebook account. A movie I saw on a reputable blog freaked me out. I don’t want to get into the details here, others explain it much better than me. I had known some of the facts before but for some reason last week, it just got to me and I shut it down.
Just so we are clear, I’m not afraid of the Internets or any of this ’social media’ stuff. I love it. I relish it. I seek out new services just for fun. But, I decided, since I wasn’t getting any value from it, (my professional network is on LinkedIn and my friends do like to hang out at mySpace so) Facebook felt like it was extra for me anyway.
I think it’s probably time for all of us to start reading those user agreements. DANG.
For some reason, I have a song stuck in my head. It’s been 3 days now and when I’m not listening to it (or other music) I’m humming it. True, it’s a very catchy song, but it seems like there has to be more to it. It has hung on so long, I wonder if it’s trying to tell me something.
Traveling changes your perspective. It doesn’t matter so much where you go to get that change because it comes from the change in a daily routine. Some destinations are much more inspiring than others. I’ve spent some time here in NYC this week and it has been helpful in changing my perspective. A refresh, if you will. I was stuck in a MN winter rut. I feel that when I go home I can do that with a new approach and a renewed energy.
I was reading a myspace blog post today. I only read myspace blog post because my friends insist on blogging there from time to time. In this case it was the Skullcranes and they need to do it, so I don’t blame them. Anyway……
I went to the blog post:
They appropriately linked to their own web page and pointed their myspace fans to the site so they could download some free music from the Skullcranes.
I clicked the link and myspace tried to WARN me, that might be bad.
Thankfully, myspace is trying to protect me from the free music. UGH. I really hate it when a web site decides that it IS the Internet. It’s not the Internet and the more they try to keep people from leaving the more interested people will become in finding a way out.
About a week ago, I disabled my Facebook account. A movie I saw on a reputable blog freaked me out. I don’t want to get into the details here, others explain it much better than me. I had known some of the facts before but for some reason last week, it just got to me and I shut it down.
