I am hopeful that this blog will survive the first few posts simply because the intentions behind setting it up aren’t all that grandiose (or so I would like to think).
For some time now, I have not been at ease with the ubiquitous presence of social-media platforms. The prevailing sense of urgency attached to them is quite tiresome, which is why I am keen to shed the have thought must tweet style of functioning. It denies me the moment of reflection which is intrinsic to my professional and personal lives. Consequently I have begun to feel a bit like a rudderless boat.
But then again, I have no one else to blame. It was never necessary to broadcast myself through endless and often meaningless status message updates, tweets, pokes and so on. In fact I miss the days when a thought would strike, fade into the subconscious only to emerge in another avatar a few hours, days, weeks or even months later.
Before proceeding further, I would like to clarify that I am not against social media in any sense whatsoever. In fact this medium has lead to some interesting friendships and professional collaborations. It has given me access to people who would have never taken notice of small fish like me. On the whole, it is a tremendously exciting medium which affords much spontaneity. But I would like to bring back those moments of reflection, when allow me to momentarily disconnect from the prevailing chaos and steer my thoughts/decisions in a particular direction.
It might seem strange that I want to create a record of these moments via a blog. The irony of this decision does not escape me. However, this is where I feel the power of social media platforms comes into play – their ability to contextualize information. Very often I come across examples where people ignore this aspect and end up creating endless, jumbled narratives.
So what is it that I want to achieve through this blog, I wonder. Perhaps create a neat chronological record of reflections in a variety of contexts – thoughts that spur me into action, a general commentary or a moment of inspiration. I hope to be able to delve into these at some future date when energy and enthusiasm begin to ebb. For the audience I hope the constellation of plugins, tags and categories will enable me to present information within a meaningful framework so that I can carry on making new professional acquaintances and perhaps work together.
On that note I end this post, lets see if I can restrain myself from reaching out for that twitter app on my iphone or the shortcut on my browsers bar, and instead, take a moment to reflect by myself.
This entry was posted on Friday, January 22nd, 2010 at 9:05 pm and is filed under reflection.
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A moment to reflect
Time to disconnect
I am hopeful that this blog will survive the first few posts simply because the intentions behind setting it up aren’t all that grandiose (or so I would like to think).
For some time now, I have not been at ease with the ubiquitous presence of social-media platforms. The prevailing sense of urgency attached to them is quite tiresome, which is why I am keen to shed the have thought must tweet style of functioning. It denies me the moment of reflection which is intrinsic to my professional and personal lives. Consequently I have begun to feel a bit like a rudderless boat.
But then again, I have no one else to blame. It was never necessary to broadcast myself through endless and often meaningless status message updates, tweets, pokes and so on. In fact I miss the days when a thought would strike, fade into the subconscious only to emerge in another avatar a few hours, days, weeks or even months later.
Before proceeding further, I would like to clarify that I am not against social media in any sense whatsoever. In fact this medium has lead to some interesting friendships and professional collaborations. It has given me access to people who would have never taken notice of small fish like me. On the whole, it is a tremendously exciting medium which affords much spontaneity. But I would like to bring back those moments of reflection, when allow me to momentarily disconnect from the prevailing chaos and steer my thoughts/decisions in a particular direction.
It might seem strange that I want to create a record of these moments via a blog. The irony of this decision does not escape me. However, this is where I feel the power of social media platforms comes into play – their ability to contextualize information. Very often I come across examples where people ignore this aspect and end up creating endless, jumbled narratives.
So what is it that I want to achieve through this blog, I wonder. Perhaps create a neat chronological record of reflections in a variety of contexts – thoughts that spur me into action, a general commentary or a moment of inspiration. I hope to be able to delve into these at some future date when energy and enthusiasm begin to ebb. For the audience I hope the constellation of plugins, tags and categories will enable me to present information within a meaningful framework so that I can carry on making new professional acquaintances and perhaps work together.
On that note I end this post, lets see if I can restrain myself from reaching out for that twitter app on my iphone or the shortcut on my browsers bar, and instead, take a moment to reflect by myself.
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This entry was posted on Friday, January 22nd, 2010 at 9:05 pm and is filed under reflection. You can follow any comments to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.