Last night, Stephan and I got together with some friends. The common link in these friendships is shared work history at a camp in California (well, everyone except for Stephan). After leaving, I reminisced about several memories I had from my time there, and this morning I remembered another story as I was preparing to write the blog:
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I wrote this just 3 months ago regarding Web TV here:
If the decision comes within the next year or two for me to have either the Internet or DirectTV/Dish at home, I’m not so sure I’d be disappointed to just choose an ISP (probably AT&T) and spend the money I would “save” from a DirectTV/Dish subscription and spend it on a sweet-action HD monitor. (My current plan has me paying over $700 over the 18 month contract.)
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Remember in late 2003 and into 2004, when certain people started claiming their affiliation with “New Media.” Yeah, that was sooooooo 2004. New Media is done. Like a well-done steak with the gristle shriveled up. Yeah, it’s that done. Social media is the new hot news source. These past few weeks proved it.
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You know you’ve hit it big time when you change longstanding traditions, or at least when people alter their approach based on you or in this case, a movement.
I got engaged on Friday night in downtown Greenville. I planned for quite a while to make this night special for Elizabeth, my new fiancée, as well as for myself. I planned to surprise some of our family members by making the 5 hour trip up to NC on Saturday afternoon. 
What I hadn’t planned for is fencing the news from our Social Media communities. I had planned to let all my close (and not so close) friends/followers on Facebook and Twitter know that all was successful and that I was now engaged. I realized that if I posted to Facebook, 940 of my friends would know that I was engaged before some of my family. That was definitely not desirable. Also, you can’t have your best friends find out via status update.
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Marty taught me to drive in a field full of ruts and weeds. It was an old jeep, standard transmission, no muffler. I knew nothing about driving let alone clutches and gear shifts. When you’re 15 you figure you can do anything. He sat in the passenger seat shouting instructions at me over the roar. I looked at the instrument panel and all I could see was a huge BRAKE FAILURE light. It was horrifying. I couldn’t concentrate enough to follow any instructions.
How do you help when you’re in the passenger seat?
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