My technological world…
Over the past few weeks I have been trying to get sorted - technologically that is. Since I was about 14 I have been living in a world of technology and trying to keep up to date with it all. It all started in about 1974 - long before PCs existed. Long before the Internet was in use and long before blogs were written. In fact I remember keeping my own diary in those days.
Anyway, back to the point of all this. Over the past few years my interest in technology has lessened some and I haven’t stayed on the cutting edge of everything. Sure, I’ve got a good laptop and I have a Windows server and I keep my own websites and I write the odd piece of Javascript and I try to read as much about technology as I can, but I haven’t really embraced the social networking world in which we now live. Email yes, even IM, but social networking - no. I was trying to work out why that is but I think really it’s because I don’t network via the Internet. I mostly network via personal methods - speaking. Be it face to face or over the telephone. Interesting. Maybe social networking is something that is a generation removed from me. Maybe even me, someone who has always professed to be into technology has finally had their day and is becoming a dinosaur in the technological world in which we live. Scary thought. I am also a lazy person by nature and I don’t keep in touch with people as often as I should. I keep telling myslef that I should change this habit, but I guess it’s a tough one to break.
Well getting back to sorting things out I have slowly been migrating things and changing things to try and make life easier. It all started when I recently got married again and decided I should start trying to rebuild things properly from the beginning. I had spent too many years previously doing things in my own way for my own benefit and not considering anyone else. (Being single and getting screwed by a bad marriage can do that to you.) The first thing I did was to register a new website for both me and Debs (my wife) so that I could blog and have pictures about the family and not just me. Then I deleted my old johncox.com website (this one) in order to change the emphasis. I’ve also been looking at other things too like:
- Email addresses (do I have too many?)
- Should I store files locally or online?
- I need to back things up more often
- I should upgrade my Windows server and get it working better
- I should ’socialize’ more
The list goes on.
So, that’s my thought for the day. Over the course of the rest of the posts I’ll start going into more details and implementing things. Then I’ll report back on how all these things have changed my life, whether for the better or for the worse. One thing that’s for certain though is that my technological world is going to continue to change.
July 18th, 2008 at 6:10 am
As I was about to clean the kitty box I noticed your blog. Realizing that you wrote I decided to read it. Interesting, now I at least get some insight into the “stuff” that you’ve doing and thinking about for the past few weeks. You never say what you do but I really am interested when I ask you, just a little FYI. Love you Debs
July 27th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Hi John,
Nice blog and I agree that you do have to make an effort to keep in touch with folks you known for years. Oh yes, congratulations on your marriage.
On social networking, I certianly use the online networking quite a bit on LinkedIn, however, the idea is the same. I do not have anyone on my list that I have not spoken to or I know things about them. It is a powerful medium for change whatever that change may be. I love it becuase it really shows that people are generally kind and helpful.
I suppose that is all for now. Do keep in touch and when you get a chance let us talk and catch up over the phone.
Give my regards to your wife.
Cheers,
Ravi