Bill Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 13, 2011, at 8:28 PM, John R Steinbruner <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow.. > > I must really be a curmudgeon... > > Never been on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Google+, etc, and have no desire > too... > > Seems the rest of the world doesn't agree with me. :) > I know how you feel. Though the power of social media is undeniable in some ways it can be for some very narcissistic and time consuming. I'm not on Facebook. Seemed at first more geared to the college party crowd. Plus I never liked the way in which personal information was exposed for all the world to see and often mishandled by Facebook itself. I did get a Twitter account. Got tired of following Bob at work, and Aunt Betty and Uncle Max. Useless. Then one day I started searching for people. Public figures. Writers, researchers etc. And you find that they all Tweet. And I wound uo with this crazy list of PC security researchers, Anti-Virus writers, 0-Day Exploit analysts, Web Threat analysts and more. People out there on the frontlines. Now, you're in touch with the people they talk to, and it is the most fascinating source of information. A global conversation. And lo and behold I found out awhile back that Twitter had become my primary news feed in stuff I'm interested in. And because it's realtime, info breaks quicker and you find out all the stuff mainstream media never reports. I never expected that.
