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I feel like a proud parent all over again.
Because of discussions at certain social web sites and this blog, along with the westXdesign blog, I have seen the following over the past few weeks:
A writer friend set up his own wordpress installation to host his blog and has been tricking it out almost continually since. It’s looking great!
Somerset Bob’s Place
A great Christian artist put up his site and album tracks on Virb.
Scott Wilder
ANOTHER great artist set HIS Virb up.
Sonic Real Estate
And a few other folks got on the LibraryThing, Meebo, Goodreads, BlinkList, Stumbleupon, and ClipMarks bandwagons.
I’ve had all kinds of new friend adds on all of these services, and in the process have met some really awesome people, discovered great new music, and even added a new podcast to my line up: Chaotic Christians.
I’m feeling the web 2.0 social love, and it’s great to have been able to play some small part in the evolution of each!
Ahh, Renee,
That mention was very kind - it meant a lot to me. Thanks.
I was so chuffed to see myself described as your ‘writer friend’ - not only because it’s the first time I’ve been described as a writer by anyone other than myself, the realisation of which brought on a warm fuzzy moment, but also - and more importantly in so many ways - you’re acceptance of me, after only a couple of weeks when I’m still almost a perfect stranger to you, as a friend.
I really appreciate that. In these days of scarey stories warning about the less savoury types out there who’re using all this Web 2.0 stuff in a predatory fashion, to the detriment of their victims, it’s good to know I don’t come over as a stalker or anything.
But you should understand just how much you’re likely to become a part of my life in days to come, because of your close proximity. (Hey, hang on, where’s this going?)
Imagine the scene: I’m sitting here watching football on the big TV with one eye, whilst keeping the other on my laptop screen right beside me on a little table; a wireless keyboard’s in my lap and I’m tapping away. (Now, steady on.)
No, but look - what I’m trying to say is: since broadband, the web has never been the same for me. It used to be something I’d have to sit at my studio desk to use. Now with the laptop and wireless broadband, it’s just there all the time - even in the evenings, which the TV once ruled. (And believe me, that’s saying a lot for me, who loves his TV.) During the day I’m distracted by worky things and living a life with Marcy, but in the evening the blog is increasingly taking over - organizing it, writing posts for it and contributing to other blogs, developing relationships with people I meet along the way, like you - you’re all fast becoming a ubiquitous part of my life, because you’re right here, right now, on that little screen. In my living-room, where my wife and I sit with the TV on.
And I can honestly say, ‘Mom’, that meeting you as a sort of ‘first contact’ in this new interconnected world has been a great experience and I look forward to getting to know you better, in a web 2.0 social lovey kind of way.
OK - I suppose I could’ve just said: “hey, backat’cha, hon,” but where would the fun be in that? As you already know, my friend, I’m a writer. And you’ve just discovered something else about me that others already know: at times, I do go on a bit.