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Philosophy

"I have a confession."

November 21, 2006

Posted by leah.jones

Sunday afternoon, I went to a friend's house for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner. The hostess cooked up 27 pounds of turkey and every guest brought a side-dish or dessert. It was a lovely meal and the company was just as good.

I love trying to describe my work at Edelman to friends. "You see, there are these things called blogs, you've heard of them, right? And there are things called RSS feeds. And this other thing called Second Life."

After we sat down to eat, a high school French teacher leaned over to me. "I have a confession," he said dramatically, "I've never read a blog. I guess I've never been interested in other people's opinions."

Wow, I barely knew how to react. This Friday, November 24, will be my third anniversary of blogging. I can't imagine a day without blogs, well I can't imagine a month without blogs, but a day here and there is actually quite nice.

Then another friend asked me more about work and I described the weekly, company-wide emails I write about web 2.0 type things. "What's web 2.0? I've never heard that term." His wife chimed in and agreed that she didn't know what it meant either.

It was an eye-opener. I wasn't at Thanksgiving dinner with my grandparents, these were my 20/30-something peers. Smart people with advanced degrees, passports and DSL connections at home.

EARTH TO LEAH: Everyone doesn't live their lives online, no matter what you think. It isn't all blogs and Life 2.0, some of it is still slow cooked turkey and parlor games. Remember that if you travel this weekend and enjoy the conversation, not the conversation monitoring.

posted by leah.jones

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