This is my frst blog post. Having read many blogs, I think this is a great way to get your thoughts out to world. I also felt that I should rekindle my writing skills. ... Oh well ... atleast "test" my writing skills.
Over the past year or so, I have been at social networking. What started as "let me try it out" has now matured to a point that it is now part of my daily routine. I must confess that my daughter (in her mid teens - and therefore like her peers - a "Guru" of social networking) initiated me into this field.
Not voluntarily though !
It all started when I challenged the need for her to be glued to the internet. After ignoring me many times, she briefly tried to explain Facebook. I got her to give me a crash course on Facebook camaflouging my parental need to "police" her internet activities. Ofcourse, she saw through all of this and instantly de-listed me from her "friends" list.
Facebook was followed by Linkedin, Orkut and now I am on to it !!!! Can't wait to get home and get on to these sites - much to the dismay of my wife !! But then, there are high school friends, college buddies , ex-colleagues and new friends to catch up with!!
Social Networking to me is a boon. Like everything else in life, this too needs moderation. But I think it is reconnecting people. And it is opening our minds. Only on this forum we find the young and the not so young (hmmm !) mingle their thoughts, ideas, feelings, likes and dislikes. "Geography is History", because you soon realize that people all over the world connect - through these thoughts and feelings !!!!
OH ! What a great feeling !
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