At first I couldn't understand the preoccupation of the Irish with the weather. I mean, in South Africa it is either very hot and dusty, or hot and dusty or cool and dusty and every now and then, thank God, a thunderstorm, and, if you have a garden, then even greater delight if it is raining for the day and you don't have to water it. But here? Every time the sun is out, EVERYONE starts the conversation with 'Beautiful day isn't it?'. And you know what? They actually do mean it. After 6 months of 16 shades of grey, the sheer delight of seeing the sun is palpable. Anyhow, enough of the weather, except to say, it is a beautiful day out this morning. But, with delightful Irish optimism (I'm a plastic Paddy now according to my wife), it is certain to be miserable this afternoon.
Anyhow, I'm still preoccupied with Me.dium. It is sitting in the left side of my browser, letting me know everytime another user has logged onto Me.dium. Haven't come across any of them on any of my other sites, so I have sent my daughter in South Africa an invitation to join, so that I can have a friend on Me.dium. I am feeling lonely browsing the web now without friends. This is disgraceful exploitation of yet another human foible in the search for more ways of making our lives sociable and interactive. Up to now I have been perfectly happy to surf the web anonymously and on my own. My moments of peace and quiet and tranquility. Now, since I've installed this demon on my browser, I keep looking at it, longing for 'friends' to join me so I can see it at work! Just how nutty can you get?!?!
Yesterday was a busy day, so I haven't had much time to look into some of the new stuff out. I posted a comment I came across on Me.dium about Stumblr (just before this one), and how to use it. Have to make time today to try to get to that and see what it is about. I have been browsing the various bits that Leo and the team had been discussing on my podcast and found the list of 25 start-ups to watch on CNN Money. That should keep me busy for a while, working my way through that lot!
Finished listening to the TWiTs last night on my way home, and have started listening to my BBC podcasts. These are not technology related, but it works well with my FeedDemon RSS feeds, and it is great for just keeping you up to date with some of the things that go on in our old world that are not necessarily news worthy, but has a great human interest aspect to it. My favourites are the daily news roundup from all the BBC stations, and their documentary archive with human interest stories from around the globe, from China rising, to a five part series on India, to the way in which old Russia had left parts of the former Soviet republics with radiation risk from some of the uranium mining ventures and the impact of the people who live there. I used to love listening to the American politics on the weekly round up from Mother Jones radio, but that died a quiet death on 31 December last. I actually do miss it, I must admit. Can't say I have found anything to replace it, but then again, I haven't really been looking too hard now have I?
I suppose I will have to visit Podcast Central or CNet's Buzz Out Loud or some other search to catch up on what is happening across the pond in the big ole US of A, and finally bury Mother Jones.
... *Sniff*....
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