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In defence of newspapers and serendipity
a good one. I might have to use that :-)
i'll be here all week--- or until i completely delete my disqus account
ba-dum ba!
think you are right -- but I didn't get the impression that Hugh was
addicted to it, just that he spent too much time on it because it was
easy to do so. Or maybe that's the same thing :-)
telling everyone that he was deleting it. Hugh knows how many people
read his blog. It was a statement. I'm just responding.
I can understand how Hugh feels. I've seen people bail out of IRC all together because it was taking up too much of their life, but I still use it to get info., maintain contacts and collaborate on hobby projects.
Instead of deleting Twitter, seek to discipline your usage. It'll help you in other areas of you life as well.
Some things are just time sucks and just seem important because you've got yourself caught up in their orbit. I personally retired from "investing" and "frequent trading" in 2000 (coincidentally, the same time a lot of people did). My life improved significantly. I never looked back.
Since the purpose of the activity was to get rich (I don't think anyone day-trades for the "insights" it provides), and it wasn't achieving that goal any better than any other means, I stopped.
What is the purpose of Twitter again?
don't see why it has to be all or nothing. There's value in lots of
things, even if only a little, and even if it's only entertainment
value. As for the purpose, what's the purpose of the Internet again?
What's the purpose of the telephone, or email? It is what you make of
it.
Just saw this post, Rock on. It still AMAZES me, one month later, how much brou-ha-ha this wee scandal caused :)
Of course, when I say scandal, I do mean in the strictly "inside-baseball" sense of the word ;-)
Like your blog. Always good stuff going on here. Keep ut up :)
it's great that you are trying new things and focusing on what is best
for you and your art. I was just venting :-) Rock on.