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I don’t Twitter or use Facebook, but I love blogging because we can write about anything that interests us — it doesn’t have to be important. And people can read it and comment if they want to. Mean-spirited comments are no problem, we can always warn the writer and delete the comment or put it in our spam file. No, sorry Rat, I’ll keep the new system. I think it makes the world a friendlier place.
October 28, 2015
LOL…
and the nice thing if you want to keep a copy – you can use something as small as an USB stick, the Cloud groups, or even save it in your documents. – instead of finding years later a pile of handwritten letters that seem to have either faded, had a crowd of silver fish over to lunch, or has been folded up so much it’s fragile and falls apart in your hands when you try to read it….
of course you could always scan those fragile pages into your computer…etc
Andy did scan in our old snapshots and slides. It was a tedious business!
I like letters. A year or so ago I sorted all mine – by sender – into their own piles.
What does it matter if a letter fades? The last my grandmother wrote me before she died she wrote in pencil. The decades gone by since mean there is little to decipher. Yet, there is that piece of paper. Its content I know by heart.
And I shall be very sad when envelopes with my mother’s familiar handwriting will stop plopping into my letter box.
If you find scanning old photos tedious why do you do it?
Blogging makes the world “a friendlier place”? I doubt it. And am very much in two minds about blogging. First of all there are privacy issues. Boundaries not so easily observed and respected. I write loads loads and loads. I delete loads loads and loads. I always write with my readers in mind. But what if what I write with one particular in mind? Why not address that person (either by letter, email or phone) directly? Blogging is a mine/mind field. As dangerous a ground as Devon’s moors.
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in some ways I’m glad there was no Net in the 60s when I was travelling on the big OE – living with an older sister at times in the UK – she would tell me when I was writing to Mum/Dad, “remember by the time they read your latest incident, decided what to write back and you’ve got their response – you’ll be onto the next incident…just keep it low key – tell them about the scenery or some fun event we/you did”
one time though the newspapers back home were telling readers about some young people travelling in Russia who got into all kinds of strife. Mum worked out that I had been in Russia at that time from an itinerary I had sent – she immediately jumped to conclusions!
Yep, I was there at the time, but to were many other companies and “yes we did hear about the trouble” but it wasn’t our bus/touring company….
So then Mum wrote that I was to tell all in future! Of course, I didn’t – I didn’t get into lots of incidents but there were some romantic things best left out of letters….
I still have letters my mother and my best friend from grammar school wrote. They both died of cancer in 1995, within a few weeks of one another.
Why did Andy scan in those 19,621 photos and slides? For sharing and easy access. I sorted the pictures by date so they would be easy to find the ones we want. We also tag them with keywords to help the searching.
Blogging doesn’t mean not writing emails, visiting in person, or phoning. It’s nice to have all those options.
It sounds as if my blogging experience is friendlier than yours.
I much prefer the modern day with so much instant and save-able communication. Writing letters and posting them was such a grind, I did it as little as possible. I love being able to communicate with dozens of people instantly, and get their reactions within minutes. I also love being able to see people on Skype. I’m on Facebook, which I use in a completely different way to my blog. I can exchange witticisms, be alerted to interesting news items, keep up with my friends’ activities, and so on. I’m following a Sydney friend of mine on her trip across America. Fascinating!
my f/book page is different as well, a snippet of my daily life – I dash off a comment of whatever, may reply if someone leaves a comment or just let it slide.
I occasionally go to Facebook when I get an email saying someone has posted, but I’m probably doing something wrong because often I don’t find what I’m looking for. I know a lot of people enjoy it, who’s to say? I may figure it myself some day. 🙂
I like to blog too. I also use the facebook quite liberally. I do not use twitter at all. The other ubiquitous social network all my friends use is linkedin and I have deactivated my account there. I still prefer the email and telephone and the occasional skype call. Whatsapp is beginning to annoy me!
What is Whatsapp? I get emails about Linkedin too, but mostly I ignore them. There is only so much time during the day.
I like the new way too.
Yes. 🙂
letters from my mother mean everything to me.
when i take them out of their sheet protectors and hold them and re read them … they just touch my heart. i SEE her. and feel her hands. and hear the clatter of diners in the busy coffee shop where she dashed off part of it on her lunch hour! intangibles i know. but still dear.
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i also love our computer age now with the blogging and whathaveyou.
though i’m not on any of the social stuff.
i’ve never had a single mean comment left on the peanut! at least so far.
i’ve apparently been lucky i guess.
I’m so glad you have her letters. You lost her all too soon.
I agree blogging and email are blessings, especially as we get older.
Blogging has been one of my biggest blessings.
Truly.
I have made friendships with people I would never had know existed!
Friendships I cherish with all my heart.
That doesn’t take away from my social interaction with people in my “real” life.
Why do so many people want to make it a negative?
Most of those people don’t blog and therefore don’t understand it.
I have found kindred spirits and people who lift me up and encourage me when I need it most.
When I was young and very social, I felt very alone. I was surrounded by people but no one that really listened.
Yep, thank goodness for blogging.
I’m on Facebook and use it much like Nick does.
I also have a Twitter account that I just share photos to, but some day hope to use it as more of a marketing tool for my Art.
I LOVE Instagram. But that’s because I love taking photos.
and once again, some day it can be a marketing tool.
Like Pinterest, wow, talk about inspiration! it can be overwhelming but I LOVE it.
None of this takes away from the fragile pieces of paper with words written in my long lost loved ones hand.
Why should it?
Jeez, it seems like we are always being forced to take a side.
I take them ALL!
Hallelujah!
I’m SO HAPPY to be alive during this time to enjoy it ALL!
Sometimes I wish it was around when I was young, so I could have had the wide sweeping hand to reach out all over the world and also used it to interact with other artists but then again, I thank god it wasn’t around then… I mean, the photo aspects of it, as I was kinda wild for a period of time. LOL!
I agree! It’s not either or, we have a wide choice and it enriches our lives when we use them wisely. Sometimes the people around us don’t share some of our deepest interests, so we can connect with other people elsewhere. It’s a real blessing.