So there is this interesting phenomenon I have noticed on the internet.... With IM programs, dating sites and other membership websites that show presence information, we are actually projecting our presence to the internet community..... And we may be showing more than we intend....
I was actually thinking about this when I myself was succumbing to a sort of voyeuristic temptation! Imagine this.... you meet someone online and you two are really hitting it off.... talking regularly via all mediums, both online and offline and then..... an email goes unanswered, a call not returned..... Well, where is he? I see him on IM! He logged into this site today! He posted to his blog today! Why won't he respond to my email!?!?!? I am slightly overstating this but.... you get my point..... It is easy for the online you (and in turn maybe the offline you if someone is crazy enough) to be virtually stalked....... So, protect your online persona!
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
A new start!
It is really interesting the psychological effect of a percieved new start. There is nothing really different about December 31st and January 1st. The weather is the same, you are basically the same age, nothing has really changed in your life, but millions of people are incented/motivated to make changes in their life, changes that will make your life better simply because you ripped one more page off of the calendar. And hey, I am a victim of this too!
So, now that it is January, I am incented to eat better again, think about the housing renovation projects I need to complete, thinking about how to working a regular exercise regimen back into my schedule etc...... Just because the year has changed.
I am thinking that the end of the year has the opposite effect as well. Why didn't I resolve to make any of these changes in November or December?
I guess the important thing is how long I keep this all up! Here's to the new year!
PS Obviously, I didn't resolve to be a better blogger! Otherwise I would have managed to post this 3 weeks ago when I started writing this! Hmmmm.......
So, now that it is January, I am incented to eat better again, think about the housing renovation projects I need to complete, thinking about how to working a regular exercise regimen back into my schedule etc...... Just because the year has changed.
I am thinking that the end of the year has the opposite effect as well. Why didn't I resolve to make any of these changes in November or December?
I guess the important thing is how long I keep this all up! Here's to the new year!
PS Obviously, I didn't resolve to be a better blogger! Otherwise I would have managed to post this 3 weeks ago when I started writing this! Hmmmm.......
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