Let’s go offline for a couple of years
A few days ago I read something really interesting on Seth Godin’s blog, an idea that’s been buzzing me a lot lately. The Internet is full. And Mr. Godin is not talking about physical storage, which is continuously growing. He’s talking about us, the Internet users. WE are full. For example, I am feeling full of all the social media/social networks/keeping in touch with friends, reading blogs, etc. And it seems that I don’t find anything new on the Internet lately.
I had an account on most of the popular social networks, including Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Because I felt overwhelmed by them, I started quitting my accounts one by one. At this moment, I am using Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin with their usage exactly in this specific order. The “super-duper” trio.
Theoretically, if we would stop using the Internet for a couple of years, leaving behind everything that’s online and web related, the enthusiasm might return and some really cool apps would be created after this “hibernation”. Although the technology gives us the possibility to create the most interesting things we are “getting used to” the old things and not looking to create some advanced web apps.
That’s why we must make some time and go out more often with our friends or even on our own so we can be “hit” by inspiration.
Two years ago you gave me a notebook with some writings of yours.There was a film script idea (the one with the naked character, near a Celtic construction, THANKING TO A TREE.) that could make us understand the necessity of returning, just for while, to a simple way of life. We ought to recognize the danger of drawing ourselves in hi-tech gadgets, like a sort of robot-people or worse, like men that worship idols…
Just think a little:what there would be if the world would have been evolving not in technology, but in spirit?
Asa ziceam si eu.