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Three, count them, three.
Aug. 10th, 2005 10:39 amPoint the first
There are too many ways to contact people these days. Between landlines, cell phones, texting, voice mail, pagers, e-mail, IM, blackberries, message boards, personal messages, and probably others that I'm forgetting, there's really no excuse not to make a very good effort to find people. And I think that's wrong. Maybe sometimes I don't want to make that effort -- maybe sometimes I want to send one e-mail and leave it at that, and not have to follow up in 15 different ways.
Also, it makes it very hard to hide from people. At least, it makes it hard to hide without it being obvious.
Not that I'm trying to hide from anyone (obviously, or else I wouldn't be here) or even want to avoid talking to anyone, but there are times when I'd like to institute a return to the days of notes delivered by footmen.
Point the second
The conversation where two people try to figure out if they're both on the same LJ filter and therefore can refer to something said there, without actually revealing what was said in that filter in case one of them isn't on it, is both awkward and amusing. Sometimes I feel like entries should come with a little list of who can see them so as to avoid faux pas.
Point the third
Sugar Ray, Floored, is the perfect example of why you should never buy an album after hearing only one song. The single, "Fly", is nothing like the rest of the album. Not that I bought the album (although, yes, I am that behind the times), but having just now heard it I'm quite surprised.
There are too many ways to contact people these days. Between landlines, cell phones, texting, voice mail, pagers, e-mail, IM, blackberries, message boards, personal messages, and probably others that I'm forgetting, there's really no excuse not to make a very good effort to find people. And I think that's wrong. Maybe sometimes I don't want to make that effort -- maybe sometimes I want to send one e-mail and leave it at that, and not have to follow up in 15 different ways.
Also, it makes it very hard to hide from people. At least, it makes it hard to hide without it being obvious.
Not that I'm trying to hide from anyone (obviously, or else I wouldn't be here) or even want to avoid talking to anyone, but there are times when I'd like to institute a return to the days of notes delivered by footmen.
Point the second
The conversation where two people try to figure out if they're both on the same LJ filter and therefore can refer to something said there, without actually revealing what was said in that filter in case one of them isn't on it, is both awkward and amusing. Sometimes I feel like entries should come with a little list of who can see them so as to avoid faux pas.
Point the third
Sugar Ray, Floored, is the perfect example of why you should never buy an album after hearing only one song. The single, "Fly", is nothing like the rest of the album. Not that I bought the album (although, yes, I am that behind the times), but having just now heard it I'm quite surprised.