To be hip or not to be hip…
I had dinner with some friends on Tuesday night and a lot of our conversation was centered around the plethera of social networking avenues in the world today. I’ll admit I am not really up on all the latest in this area. But I can’t help but wonder am I missing something? Or are the folks who get caught up in the world of web based quality time with their friends really the ones missing out?
Maybe I’ll start tweeting, or fluttering, or something, but will I be selling out by doing so? Or is this the wave of the future and the only way I’ll have to stay in touch with my friends?
Will there soon be virtual class and family reunions? Instead of meeting people for dinner will we sit and eat alone while telling our friends how great the meal is via the internet?
I’m not suggesting that these situations are the current state of things, but could they become that way?
Eventually I’m sure I’ll go the way of the future, but in the mean time, does anybody want to meet me for dinner? 
April 24, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Ricky,
If I accept your invitation to dinner via your blog, will that not simply indicate we are already on the slippery slope of web-reliant life organizing??
This is a catch-22 my friend… tricky…
- Michael
April 25, 2009 at 1:53 am
You my friend hit the nail on the head. I don’t think using the web to organize ones social life is a bad thing. I think the problem is the risk of the web becoming our social life.
April 25, 2009 at 3:37 am
You’re right — and unfortunately I think that is the way it will head. Just imagine that the current generation has never experienced life without a computer, without a cell phone, without the internet, without IM…
The Matrix is coming, one day at a time.
I do the Twitter thing just to keep up with other pf bloggers and whatnot, but I hardly touch Facebook anymore. Much prefer to get together with you guys.
May 2, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I’ll have dinner with you!