it is rather fascinating to think about access and means of access in life. many times i look at keys and your key ring as the responsibilities and opportunities in your life. each one of the keys has a purpose and allows you to take advantage of whatever is being locked up. in the same fold, you have direct responsibility of that place or thing that needs to be secured behind lock and key. as with everything in life, there are pluses and minuses.
the keys on our keyboard are similar to our key ring. the opportunities and responsibilities are encrypted locks on portal websites and computers. however, in this instance, we have no physical place to keep our log-ons and passwords. at times, i find it humorous when i am fumbling for my "keys" when trying to remember what password i allotted to a "door" that i don't go into very often-- say, my insurance website.
how do most people organize these virtual keys in their lives? am i the only one who has several rotating and changing passwords for all the access doors i need to gain entry? do people write these things down? store them electronically? i choose to keep them in my head, but perhaps i am only needlessly taking up grey matter. also, i do not trust any cpu to "keep log-on and password information," perhaps i am silly in this hesitation, too. curious.
as you may recall, i have pondered the values of blogging a few times within the past year.
it continues to be a ruminating question as there are baby blogs, cat and dog blogs, blogs about bubble gum, and a wash of personal rants and raves such as soyboy, here.
from my limited research, most of the press regarding the pinnacle influence of blogging came around the last presidential election: here (pdf), here, here (pdf), and here.
is it that the peak awareness and noticable impact of blogging hit in 04? do we now just take it for granted that the blogosphere is being watched and (more importantly) listened to by a great number of people? what influence does blogging really have on our culture? on our political process? on our mindset? on our quality of life?
although our time in japan seems so surreal and unreal within itself. we continue to talk about our adventures on a regular basis. the year that we spent exploring the islands, cities, rich culture, and customs of such a beautiful place stands as such an amazing experience in our lives. we're so glad that we took the plunge and ventured off to the far east. the perspective we gained helps to propel us forward each and every day. the friends we met there are friends for life.
one of those life friends is deven, who has now recessitated his old web 1.0 blog that featured a sub-page that i put together and this story that i wrote about one sunday that we played in the sea of japan (or east china sea, depending on your political persuasion).
this has been a ruminating question bouncing in my head as of recent. it has begun to seem that the blogosphere has become saturated with this blog and that blog and no one has any time to truly dedicate to reading through all of them.
it leaves me wondering how we perfect our communication with each other from here. are blogs a web v1.0 passe vehicle for communication?
if we reflect on the influx of interconnectivity within the past decade or so with email, listserv, cell phone, website, blog, videoblog... what has it gotten us? ease and access to more communication, yes, unquestionably. but are the technologies not so pervasive and easily accessible that our messages get buried under literal tons of blah-blah-blah (of which, i am just as guilty as everyone else for generating--prime example, this blog post).
my question really is, now that we have everyone connected to this giant e-social network, should we not focus our efforts on perfecting the means in which we communicate and disseminate our information?
perhaps this is an idyllic view of the world, and there are simply too many intricacies and subtle nuances to life that we cannot sum up in a polished message. perhaps i believe too strongly in a vision similar to bill and ted's excellent adventure, where the world was aligned through the simple messages of two dudes' music. perhaps this '80s reference just dumbed down my argument. regardless, i think that the key to our future evolution is dependent on how we manage and contribute our information via omnipresent innerconnectivity.
incidentally, it is not through calling home from the aisles of a grocery store because you can't make a decision. which brings up yet another question... with this innerconnectedness, have we handicapped our judgement and empowerment to define a situation with steadfast and educated decision making?
my fingers are starting to fail, as i have been typing all day on the thesis-feces monster. it continues to be hungry for more content. i feed it and it burps and grumbles, "more." ugh.
anyway this divergent blog entry will be quick and to the point. amy and i have recently gotten into the show "lost" via peer-pressure. and i inadvertently came across a somewhat disturbing pulpy bit that popped out of some google juice, a lost wiki site. not sure if the world needs it, but it is at your disposal.
