DHP Backup - Latest Comments in A Week Off

Re: A Week Off

Kasondra Brooke — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:14:25 -0000

Wyclef?

Re: A Week Off

theambershow — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:03:45 -0000

There's a balance between "having fun" and "becoming a prick", and I THINK I've managed to avoid becoming a prick. At the very least, social media isn't part of my personal identity, but making friends is a huge part of who I am. So I try to keep the social media interactions to people I am friends with or would like to be friends with, and I avoid trying to grow any of my networks unorganically. (My two major projects are my blog that I've had for almost 5 years and the Rob+Amber podcast that keeps up with people we already know and love).

I also keep personal things private, and wish others would do the same. Everyone knows my deep hatred of this: "Ho-hum. I'm going to send this sad little tweet so a bunch of people say 'awww, what's wrong buddy?' to me."

Re: A Week Off

Doug_Quance — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:22:23 -0000

That's probably good advice for everyone.

I'm ready to cut off the news, as it's nothing but doom and gloom... which made me think of this song from yesteryear:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: A Week Off

Kris Vollmer — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:13:07 -0000

very interesting!!

Re: A Week Off

sarah vela — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:10:18 -0000

Dude, that edition of Poetics is so awesome.

Glad I got to be an "IRL" part of your social life last week.

Re: A Week Off

Chris Cavallari — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:57:40 -0000

Dan, it's a good idea. You and I have discussed this topic a few times, and you know that I agree with it. I too need to take a step back from social media every so often, especially when I feel myself being sucked in so deep that I'm not being social in the real world. Reading books, being creative, doing professional work all suffer when when we get too involved with the tools of the web. It eventually becomes overwhelming and as a result, detrimental to our creativity, education, and health. Thanks for pointing this out, and I hope that you keep doing so, if only to give the rest of us some perspective as well.