Category Archives: communication

Are You Using The Internet, Or Is The Internet Using You?

I've been giving my internet use a bit of thought recently. I realised (wild generalisation alert!), there are two primary ways I use the internet: To waste time To find information and, of course, a few secondary ways: To build, create, produce, expand (eg, write a blog post, build a business, send love to people) To …

March 11, 2011 – 12:05 | By Si | Posted in communication, geek, life, self-improvement | Comments (3)

How To Never Feel Rejected Again

I'm finding that when I get the same thing occurring in many areas of my life within a very short period of time it's time for me to learn a very specific lesson. Recently I found myself feeling rejected, in various ways, in 6 or 7 different situations over the span of a week or so. …

June 22, 2010 – 09:46 | By Si | Posted in communication, life, self-improvement | Comments (35)

Talking By Text Sucks (& How)

Particularly in recent years, reading & writing have taken over our lives. We communicate primarily by text an increasing amount of the time. Facebook, Twitter, email, IM, SMS, blogs, forums, the list goes on. There are some very real problems with communicating by text. Asymmetry Unless both parties are typing an equal amount, any text based conversation …

June 7, 2010 – 13:28 | By Si | Posted in communication, life | Comments (19)

Making Friends Online

I've been online a very long time. Since the late 80's. That's before what we currently know as the net was much more than a twinkling in a small handful of San Francisco computers. So, I've had a lot of time to think about the intricacies & common pitfalls of meeting someone online. The first …

May 17, 2010 – 17:02 | By Si | Posted in communication, life | Comments (8)