At The Gate
I can see it all clearly now...
Thursday, 13 May 2010
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Twitter, Facebook etc. What's it all about?
If you are a tadge over 21, then you may have been wondering what is this Tweeting, that they've been going on about over the last week. Most of my contemporaries see social networking as a corner for virtual hoodies to hang around on. It's not for me ! They should be out in the real world, meeting real people ! etc. etc..
Living on Bodmin Moor in Cornwal, however, does not put me in a good position to hob nob with the movers and shakers who have produced the political history that I was watching this and last week. Twitter kept me up to date and in touch with with whatever was "trending" andgave an opportunity to comment. Much less couch potato and certainly, better than shouting at the TV, which is what has amounted to participation in national events for the last fifity years.
Last Tuesday I gave a talk on social networking at our local pub, The Manor, to a small group (begun by our declining Methodist congregation. I did it as I felt that John Wesley, a real mover but not quite a Shaker, would have been out there on the net. Lot better than standing under a tree in the pouring rain).
Oh, no, a religous nut you are going to say and stop reading, pity, but up to you. Don't worry I am not going to Labour the point of the contribution Wesley made to the social revolution that began in the 18th century.
If you are a tadge over 21, then you may have been wondering what is this Tweeting, that they've been going on about over the last week. Most of my contemporaries see social networking as a corner for virtual hoodies to hang around on. It's not for me ! They should be out in the real world, meeting real people ! etc. etc..
Living on Bodmin Moor in Cornwal, however, does not put me in a good position to hob nob with the movers and shakers who have produced the political history that I was watching this and last week. Twitter kept me up to date and in touch with with whatever was "trending" andgave an opportunity to comment. Much less couch potato and certainly, better than shouting at the TV, which is what has amounted to participation in national events for the last fifity years.
Last Tuesday I gave a talk on social networking at our local pub, The Manor, to a small group (begun by our declining Methodist congregation. I did it as I felt that John Wesley, a real mover but not quite a Shaker, would have been out there on the net. Lot better than standing under a tree in the pouring rain).
Oh, no, a religous nut you are going to say and stop reading, pity, but up to you. Don't worry I am not going to Labour the point of the contribution Wesley made to the social revolution that began in the 18th century.
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