I’ve been keeping an eye on social media, web 2.0 tools and virtual worlds with curiosity and amazement over the last few years, like many of us. Growing up I’d never have imagined that kids would be able to use hand-held devices to see if the school bus came yet or connect with anonymous people on the other side of the globe in text, video or audio form (other than using a telephone).
My dreams were limited back then to taking my school science projects to a whole new level. Call me a nerd, but when I wasn’t spending Saturday afternoons with my best friend re-enacting Little House on the Prairie in open fields near our home, I was busy with pencil and paper sketching out wings that could attach to my arms to take flight above the neighorhood or drawing plans for a wooden pick-up truck, propelled with foot pedals that could be pimped out with nailheads.
Sometimes I had more sartorial plans, depending on which doll really needed a style makover. In any case, I’ve always been curious about how advances in technology and communication impact our personal relationships and the world around us.
I’m hoping to use this space to tease out more about these thoughts – my own and also those of folks who I encounter who have some thoughts of their own to share.
