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June 25, 2007
Something to think about
There are so many blogs and personal pages out there on the Web, it's just amazing. And now the phones that do everything except make dinner (though they do make dinner reservations). Text messaging, emails. The whole world of communication is really exploding. I don't know if it's a good thing though. When is so much communication too much?
You can find so much personal information on someone if you do a Web search. I have found old friends, former classmates, friends of exes and exes of friends. You really have to be careful what you put out there. Even employers do searches now and can easily find that embarrassing picture of you from your college days of fun and frolicking. I read an article recently in which bosses said they have changed their minds about hiring someone after they found a little too much personal information on the Web.
Even thank you notes now seem to come through emails. What happened to the good, old-fashioned personal touch of a letter or card? Granted, sometimes I like the convenience of ordering a gift online, paying extra for it to be wrapped, and shipping it directly to the recipient. How easy is that?? But then I get a thank you note in an email and I feel a little dissed. I guess it's a two-way street.
I did receive a hand-written thank you card the other day and it was so rare that I just had to read it twice because it just seemed so personal. But after it sat on my counter for a few days, I tossed it. So maybe we are saving trees when we use email?
So the irony is, we're putting a lot more about ourselves out there in the Internet world for anyone and everyone to see, but this technology means we're losing the personal touch with the people and family we're closest to. Now there's something to think about.
Posted by Idea Man at June 25, 2007 11:02 AM