Is that a light at the end of the tunnel?

Or is that an oncoming train?!

I'm going to go with the light theory.

My two classes are revving up for a couple of big finishes with projects this semester, and then there will be a few weeks of reprieve. I have been thinking a lot lately about stuff and thought I'd jot it all down.

I attended a web conference this week about Web 2.0 tools. We discussed social networking, social bookmarking, photo sharing, wikis, etc ... We watched this YouTube video and were asked for our reactions. One of the questions posed by a fellow classmate was

For good or ill, we surf, search, mine the Internet for information to increase our own knowledge, to make our lives better, to make ourselves richer. . . at what cost? We write, post, blog, respond, collaborate, live a virtual life via the Internet to communicate, to connect, to inform, to persuade . . . to what end?

I'm curious to know what others think?

Blog newbie

I have struggled with the idea this semester that I'm supposed to go find things to read and then blog about them. I don't have time to blog. Like most people in my class and life, I'm busy. I have a full time job, am going to school full time, and have other personal commitments that I signed myself up for. My brain keeps saying, though "at least you don't have children." People with kids are INFINITELY busier than I am, so if Michelle can find time put up her thoughts, then I certainly can. Of course, I'm much more relaxed reading someone else's blog than take the chance of writing my own, but that's my own issue I'll get figured out eventually!

So today, I took a chance and went to Brent's blogsite to read a little bit. I read his posting about Finding Your Voice and thought - hey, that sounds like me. I don't have any issues with the technical aspects of blogging. I'm just not sure that I have anything all that interesting to say. I followed a few links and found Wendy's blog In the Middle of the Curve: Fear of Blogging and it settled my anxiety a little bit. Now I just need to schedule the time to read things and blog about them!