Comments on: “Welcome to the real world.” http://nowisgone.com/2008/01/10/welcome-to-the-real-world/ A Primer on New Media for Executives and Entrepreneurs Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Prof. Lauren Vargas http://nowisgone.com/2008/01/10/welcome-to-the-real-world/#comment-894 Prof. Lauren Vargas Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:01:20 +0000 http://nowisgone.com/?p=318#comment-894 Mike: Right on...without actually hearing or seeing the person behind the avatar (of course this is changing) it is too easy to forget there is a person behind the type. Toby: Makes perfect sense. Close knit communities/neighborhoods are not so common anymore as people shift their lives online. No matter the landscape, the human need for interaction is a constant. Mike: Right on…without actually hearing or seeing the person behind the avatar (of course this is changing) it is too easy to forget there is a person behind the type.

Toby: Makes perfect sense. Close knit communities/neighborhoods are not so common anymore as people shift their lives online. No matter the landscape, the human need for interaction is a constant.

]]> By: Toby http://nowisgone.com/2008/01/10/welcome-to-the-real-world/#comment-892 Toby Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:50:21 +0000 http://nowisgone.com/?p=318#comment-892 Geoff - if someone has lost faith in the 'goodness' of people tell them to hang out in a few online communities for awhile. I don't think the caring and immediate response is unique to online community participants but it does show the need and "heart" to connect people-to-people. Does that make sense? Geoff - if someone has lost faith in the ‘goodness’ of people tell them to hang out in a few online communities for awhile. I don’t think the caring and immediate response is unique to online community participants but it does show the need and “heart” to connect people-to-people. Does that make sense?

]]> By: Mike Driehorst http://nowisgone.com/2008/01/10/welcome-to-the-real-world/#comment-891 Mike Driehorst Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:43:52 +0000 http://nowisgone.com/?p=318#comment-891 Though, for the most part, we're just type to each other in the social media we follow and participate in -- those type, those words can greatly affect us. In my previous job, I also researched and monitored a number of milblogs, and even after the project and moving on to a new job, there are a few milblogs I still follow for my own personal interest. There was a milblog in which the author's wife was diagnosed with and later died of cancer. The author posted a lot of the process (wife's teatments and their move back to the states with their young children). While I'm sure it was part therapeutic for him, it was definitely emotional for me and others. "If ever you doubt the people online are not real, come back here for a dose of reality." -- That is an excellent line, Lauren, and one we should never forget. We're not just keystrokes online; there are real people behind those keyboards, wherever they are. Mike Though, for the most part, we’re just type to each other in the social media we follow and participate in — those type, those words can greatly affect us. In my previous job, I also researched and monitored a number of milblogs, and even after the project and moving on to a new job, there are a few milblogs I still follow for my own personal interest.

There was a milblog in which the author’s wife was diagnosed with and later died of cancer. The author posted a lot of the process (wife’s teatments and their move back to the states with their young children). While I’m sure it was part therapeutic for him, it was definitely emotional for me and others.

“If ever you doubt the people online are not real, come back here for a dose of reality.” — That is an excellent line, Lauren, and one we should never forget. We’re not just keystrokes online; there are real people behind those keyboards, wherever they are.
Mike

]]> By: geoliv http://nowisgone.com/2008/01/10/welcome-to-the-real-world/#comment-890 geoliv Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:34:34 +0000 http://nowisgone.com/?p=318#comment-890 A touching story, and a sad one. Milbloggers have brought a great dose of reality to the this war, and have humanized armed forces like we have not seen before. Thanks for sharing this account. A touching story, and a sad one. Milbloggers have brought a great dose of reality to the this war, and have humanized armed forces like we have not seen before. Thanks for sharing this account.

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