Wednesday, August 4, 2010

My first blog!!

Ok so this is my first blog written at 3 in the morning! Its going to be one of those posts where you can tell that I'm sleep deprived and slightly insomniac...but what the hell...as they say the show must go on!



Hmmmm....what to write about? Blogs are apparently called "e-diaries" now, except this time there is no lock and key and you don't have to hide it under your bed. Instead you write to share with the rest of the world. It can be something as poignant as your feelings, opinions, or something as mundane as what you had for breakfast. Either way someone will read it and have something to say about it.



The new way of communicating...reaching out and having conversations with people without even having to see their faces or move from the comfort of your own home. Fifty years ago people would have laughed in your face if you told them that!



But thats exactly it. They would have laughed in your face. As in you would have seen and heard their laughter. Considering that they laughing at you, obviously this isn't a very happy thought but the fact is you still would have felt that human connection between a group of people brought up by laughter. At least there wouldn't be a misunderstanding or a pathetic "lol" at the end. You definitely know they laughing at you and you don't have that confused feeling that sometimes occurs when you don't know what the fuck a person is trying to say during a chat conversation on facebook, MXit, BBM( whatever that blackberry chat thing is called) or G chat.



We've become so used to internet social networking that it almost has replaced real life social networking. I'm not disputing that internet social networks are good because they allow you to share your life with people you close to and let you meet up with old friends but I'm just saying we shouldn't become slaves to these social networks.



They predict that by twenty three hundred and something social networks, mobile devices and computers would have taken over real life communication...scary right?



Well its still 2010 so I don't think we have anything to worry about. I mean here I am sharing my thoughts and opinions with you in the middle of the night but maybe we'll be able to talk face to face soon...you gotta webcam?

Just some food for thought..................

1 comment:

  1. so true Nomusa! We shouldn't forget the importance of real life communication

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