It takes village...no, sorry, it takes two weeks holiday to...
...get back into a digital life.
What I mean is that for the past year, I have been disconnected (in a way) from the 24/7 bombardment of Twitter, Facebook, Skype and the Internet in general.
Sure, I've check some of my email accounts on a regular basis, I've used Wikipedia and IMDb to catch up on TV plots and identify actors in certain shows, mainly to show to my family what a smart-arse I can be with the help of the Internet. Haven't we all? It has helped that my HTC 3G Desire kept me connected when I was on the road
What I'm referring to is a deep, all-day dive into the Internet, checking out old forgotten songs and bands, using Google maps street-view to check out old family homes in distant countries (the flowers have gone from Chester St, Patea -sigh- where I lived in 1976)
But this week I've sat at the computer, Twitter ticking over, Skype showing me my old colleagues logging in and out, LinkedIn doing a similar dance, Gmail filling up then emptying out after I've read the messages. I even fired up Hotmail to see if it works OK in Ubuntu (It does BTW)
I'm now ready to scan to 100's of old photos stored in the back of my wardrobe. Who knows what I'll remember, but I do know that they will be mostly good memories as I've had a good life so far, away from major floods, earthquakes, island and town destroying tsunamis, terrorist attacks on night clubs and skyscrapers, all-destroying bush fires, hurricanes and storms, and war. All these things I can experience 2nd hand from the Internet at the tap of a finger and a click of a button
Damn, these holidays are hard work but...
Cheers
T
What I mean is that for the past year, I have been disconnected (in a way) from the 24/7 bombardment of Twitter, Facebook, Skype and the Internet in general.
Sure, I've check some of my email accounts on a regular basis, I've used Wikipedia and IMDb to catch up on TV plots and identify actors in certain shows, mainly to show to my family what a smart-arse I can be with the help of the Internet. Haven't we all? It has helped that my HTC 3G Desire kept me connected when I was on the road
What I'm referring to is a deep, all-day dive into the Internet, checking out old forgotten songs and bands, using Google maps street-view to check out old family homes in distant countries (the flowers have gone from Chester St, Patea -sigh- where I lived in 1976)
But this week I've sat at the computer, Twitter ticking over, Skype showing me my old colleagues logging in and out, LinkedIn doing a similar dance, Gmail filling up then emptying out after I've read the messages. I even fired up Hotmail to see if it works OK in Ubuntu (It does BTW)
I'm now ready to scan to 100's of old photos stored in the back of my wardrobe. Who knows what I'll remember, but I do know that they will be mostly good memories as I've had a good life so far, away from major floods, earthquakes, island and town destroying tsunamis, terrorist attacks on night clubs and skyscrapers, all-destroying bush fires, hurricanes and storms, and war. All these things I can experience 2nd hand from the Internet at the tap of a finger and a click of a button
Damn, these holidays are hard work but...
Cheers
T
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