Technology Matters....

Technology is advancing in leaps and bounds. Doing the various WEB 2.0 exercises has certainly opened up a "mine-field" of opportunities and possibilities to computer users. There is a lot of technology to help us create wonderful websites and blogs and wiki's to name but a few.... I can see that there will be much to catch up on when retire (a few years from now, I hasten to add!) I say that because I haven't really had the time to expore these aspects further apart from a quick glance to try "something" new that has been suggested for me to read or look at!

I am an avid user of e-mail (as we all have to be), but I wonder whether we use it at the expense of picking up the phone. A sad case recently occurred where a person sent an e-mail to my husband and I and when we tried to ring her, as it was a very important matter warranting further discussion, she wouldn't answer the phone. She choose to use e-mail to communicate but clearly she didn't want the communication to be a two-way process, unless it was e-mail only. The difficulty with this approach to communication is that you can't really soften the tone" of the words you write OR show empathy and understanding (unless you are prepared to write a novel!). You don't have the opportunity to respond in an appropriate way as youcan't hear the tone of their voice....

E-mail has it's uses in that it is quick, but it will never replace the benefit of seeing and hearing somebody, "face to face," which is perhaps the reason behind "face-book" and social networking tool that I have not yet sampled, but I undestand that in a few weeks time, I will be able to comment in a much more informed manner.

Until then.....

Jesus Freak