Inundation of Information

Where is the Life we have lost in living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

T.S. Eliot

How much time have I spent thinking of the inundation of information that is at my fingertips every day? That has been at my fingertips for years, starting with Myspace and now with Twittering? Do you remember when Facebook became the new Myspace, then Blogs gained over Facebook, then Twittering became the new Blogging, and now everybody’s Tweeting? What’s next?

What do I do with the eleventy-two ways I have to connect with 750 of my “best friends” these days? Do I really know 750 people?! And if I vaguely remember them from ten years ago, am I supposed to write on their wall? Or is accepting their friend request enough of a hello? How do I sift through all of the chatter and noise? How do I find the depth? The life? The human behind the 140 characters? How do I cull out what’s important and leave the rest? How do I flippin’ know when to stop reading?

And, seriously, how do I know when I need to stop chattering?

A Facebook Haggadah

How the Exodus looks on Facebook .....

"The Passover Seder, the oldest continuously observed religious ceremony in the world, tells the story of the Jews' Exodus from Egypt. Jewish tradition says that people of each generation must imagine that they personally had departed from Egypt, and the sages say that each generation must tell the story in its own terms.The sages probably did not intend this."

Click here: Moses is Departing Egypt: A Facebook Haggadah


Wow! I agree! "The Sages probably did not intend this!"lol Looking forward to the Twitter edition next year!

Plane crash victim updates Twitter before fleeing ...

Now for something a bit different ....



'Tweeting' passenger relays plane crash drama


Twitter (http://www.twitter.com) user Mike Wilson was on board the Continental Airline’s 737 in Denver, in the US mid-west, when it slid off the runway during take-off yesterday. At least 38 people suffered minor injuries after the Texas-bound plane slid off the runway – sheering its landing gear – and dropped into a 12m ravine. A fire then broke out, damaging the entire right-side.

But just moments after the plane came to a rest, Mr Wilson used his mobile phone to send a message to all of his Twitter followers: "Holy ... s**t - I was just in a plane crash!”

Mr Wilson said that he could feel the heat from the fire while he was still on the plane. “By the time the plane stopped we were burning pretty well and I think I could feel the heat even through the bulkhead and window,” he Tweeted. “Whoever was on the left side exit row, God bless him, was Johnny on the spot and instantly had the door open - people crowded out in a mass. “I made for the exit door as quickly as I could, fearing the right wing might explode from the fire. Once out, I scrambled down the wing.”

While the passengers gathered at the terminal, he vented his disgust at not being invited into the airline’s presidential lounge. “Continental keeping us locked up at the presidents club until they can sort everything out. Won't even serve us drinks :(.

“You have your wits scared out of you, drag your butt out of a flaming ball of wreckage and you can't even get a vodka-tonic.”

Despite losing his glasses during the evacuation, Mr Wilson managed to use his phone to take a photo of the crash scene and instantly uploaded it onto the web as he fled from the plane. It is not known what the cause of the accident was.

He later thanked other Twitter users for their concern and support.

Full story here:

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,,24833273-5008620,00.html

My own "Twitter" Page:

http://twitter.com/Thundercatt99