Not more than thirty minutes ago I logged on to the digital neighborhood of the internet and stepped out to the edge of my street to check my mail. And there she was. There across the street was the new girl in my digital neighborhood. Her name? Google+ (I'm not sure what the whole + is about, but I figure if Prince can use an unpronounceable symbol for his name then she can use +). Intrigued, I walked across the street and introduced myself. I was casual and rather uninterested, though I was very interested. We were about halfway through a great conversation when I noticed a moving blur over her left shoulder, peeking around the edge of a house. Facebook. I felt a small sense of shame. I was faced with the reality of this new intriguing crush, while still relatively involved with the friend who had been there since I discovered what social networks were.
So here I am in this little love triangle, something's got to give.
All joking aside. I don't really feel like juggling TWO social networks, though I find them useful as a musician and a writer to connect with other musicians and give an outlet for my writing. There have actually been tangible real life relationships that have developed through social networks that I today consider very valuable. I've also found it a good forum for some great ideas to be shared.
So for now this is the plan. Probably going to keep up facebook, spend less time on it (like I already should) and check out + to see if it's going to be a benefit or a time waster. Honestly with the plethora of google items I already use (this blog for example). I'll probably end up in the latter circle (pun intended). That's the plan/guess.
On another note, I'm reminded again of the value of all this networking and whether or not it's a necessary (of course not) or good (maybe) thing. Investing in relationships isn't a bad thing (usually) but I'd rather not invest more time in mindless consumption of status updates, especially when I have a list of other reality based items I'd like to accomplish.
Anyway, hello google+, nice hair.
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