Comments on: Real Connections

By: Javier Avellan

Javier Avellan — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:52:15 +0000

Erica, thank you for writing this about Ed. I’ve known him for so many years that he’s like my family. So I’ve lived the same mentoring you have received; it’s wonderful to read what I’ve known for so long…. ED ROCKS!

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:59:45 +0000

(works, not work. oops.)

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:58:58 +0000

For some people, keeping it online only is what work for them. They have reasons that only they can know that make them feel like that is the right decision. For me? I like to meet up with people in person as often as I can - but the online is just as ingrained into me. Meeting up in person just takes it all to a whole new level, and I always encourage people to do it. If they can’t, or won’t, I understand that too.

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:39:35 +0000

You know Christine — I actually agree that a lot of those principles are possible on-line — I just wonder if we’re losing the real experience?

I want us to make a constant effort to take online relationships offline. You and I are masters of that sort of thing (being “Freakin’ Fabulous Geek Girls” and all) — but not all geeks are.

I think tools like Jambo, City Ping, and Groovr are great for that reason — they try to put face to face experiences back into the mix.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:32:13 +0000

Oh, I forgot to add - I would choose to write a long blog post over a 140 character twitter message any day. Twitter, as fun as it is, will not replace the blog writing for me.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:30:42 +0000

The majority of people on my Twitter list have met me in real life, and some of them know me quite well. I am one of the lucky ones that has met well, probably hundreds of bloggers. From all walks of life. It has given me a very different perspective on every blog I read because of it.

You said that, “A lot of the principles that people like Dale Carnegie and Stephen Covey advocate in their books — just aren’t possible in a digital world. And they are great principles.” I don’t agree with that - I think it is a matter of taking the core meaning behind the principles and learning how to apply them to the digital world. Sure, their examples probably don’t fit. But having read 7 Habits just last year, I found countless things that I have used in my life - both online and offline. Sure, his methods might differ, but the intent behind it is still the same.

I am moving back towards my “authentic” self online - I don’t think it was ever gone, but I have thrown a lot of focus into my “real life” world that my “online life” suffered some for it. Now I’m becoming Christine 7.2 and all that, and it is good. (I got nastolgic while reading my old 2003 archives earlier. I miss those days.)