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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
anotal or digilog?
From my experience, many blogs just seemed like an activity for people with too much time on their hands, writing about writing about themselves, or some such exercise in self- absorption. No offense. Admittedly it is an up to date way to reflect, muse and raise a point. If anything, I don't need much encouragement to reflect, muse and raise a point, or to otherwise think about what, how and why I'm thinking about (something). But the fact that I'm making the evolutionary transition from the analog "water" of of pen and paper and traditional educational moorings and "immigrating" to the digital "shore" is worth posting on. I've ben thinking of myself as an early amphibian (my friends have probably always thought of me this way - boy if I could read their blogs!...) -check this link to get a better idea (http://www.backyardnature.net/amphibs.htm)- coming to land because of larger gills (technology) for more nourishment. That analogy suits me because as someone who's always loved the better science fiction; J.G. Ballard, Philip K Dick, Brian Aldiss, and enjoyed electronic music since hearing the therimin, that ethereal vocal sounding thing in thriller and space movies with no doubt Steve McQueen or Michael Landon in their first film roles, I've always craved the arrival of this fascinating miniaturized, electronically advanced era. Something about me and electricity was love at first sight. After all our brains and the rest of our body run on it. However I've spent most of my years in more analog atmospheres. Acclimating and adapting, particularly with the baptism (oh wait that's going into the water- well you get the picture) of taking all my classes on-line has so far been and should continue to be exciting, or do I mean harrowing?... The real question is am I an anatal or digilog? How 'bout you?
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