Sunday, August 26, 2007

Tag You're It

I spend an incredible amount of time online and I have for over ten years, buy the major thought I came away with from this thing is that there is too much out there and while a wonderful useful tool we all don't need to know what we are all doing. Some things shouldn't be claimed, shall we say. It is like in my fields of genealogy and local history, where self-publishing has always been prevalent and respected, it is easier to produce a book now but it doesn't make it any better. Instead of "can't we all just get along", the mantra of the web should "can't we all just mind our own business". If only all this energy spent on foolishness (foolishness always being relevant) could be harnessed for a common good ...

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