Welcome Back to the Internet
A couple of weeks ago, after the wedding of my friends Jim and Jenn, I just decided that I kind of wanted to lay low on the internet.
In this age of connection and digital media and social networking, it seems that people are always…well…there. Even crazier, is the level of publicness of the whole thing. Between Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare and…well, this blog, I have my own little digital existance. I’ve got twitter followers, and facebook friends. There are people I’m connected to on FourSquare and I have both private and locked photos on Flickr.
And all of these things, when combined, make for a rather large digital presence.
I’m not necessarily saying this is a bad thing. Quite the contrary, actually. Given that I work in internet services for Windows Phone; the internet is my passion and my livelihood. It’s how I stay connected to my friends and family across the globe. It’s a very integral part of my life.
At the same time, I was feeling a bit overexposed. I tend to tweet on at least a daily basis, and these tweets filter to my Facebook and Live Journal accounts. I get feedback and comments from my friends on all the networking sites, and for the most part, I love this. Yet I reached a moment a couple of weeks ago where I just wanted to NOT be out there, and by “there,” I mean on the internet. My friend Brad commented how he saw me wanting to “lay low” and assumed I wanted to abstain from social interaction and revert back to my old tee-totaling ways for a bit. Quite the contrary, I wasn’t eschewing all things, I just wanted my life to be a little less announced to everyone.
Which brings us to today…
It’s now 5:22 and it’s been a crazy couple of weeks at the office. I’ve managed to get through it, and it’s looking to be a little less frantic. I’ve calmed down from an intense March and April that included moving (Redmond to Seattle), the Con, work picking up and two weddings. I’m ready to come back and rejoin my digital communities. I’m also, in what is a very strange thing for me, in a mood to do a bit more writing than I normally have. Not really sure why, but the desire to put idea to paper is growing in me. I foresee another period of regular blogging before my life suddenly takes over again.
But yes, I think I’m ready to return.
