An Attempt to Reconcile Ideality
While we dinosaurs in business struggle to keep up with the new web technologies, the Dalai Lama is outpacing all of us: he's got a beautiful website -- with a spectacular picture I might add. (The background color of the web page is that of one of the sects of Tibetan monks: yellow carries the same healing qualities associated with the sun: warmth, optimism, light.)
I can't reconcile this reality: there's something inherently "disruptive" about this development: an icon of spirituality, peace, compassion has a web presence? You can even send the guy an email -- though I can't imagine him poking one finger at a time to respond to my earthly missive. (What could I say that would be worthy of his attention?) Is that racism to cast him as a one-finger poker? Is it possible that he knows how to type? Or, has he created a script/macro that makes it all so easy? Oy, these are unsettling questions.
Al Gore has a Twitter presence. (Yes, I follow him.) Once in a while, he weighs in on a matter of the day. On 19 May, he composed a piece about Obama's signing of a
law making new and stringent requirements on fuel economy for car makers (poor guys).
I'm blogging for the past few months -- wondering what could come of it besides my own entertainment -- and, I have to confess, I feel like I'm breaking rules every time: meekly sending posts to friends and business acquaintances wondering who's going to yell back at me and write: "Don't send me any more of this crap!" I don't think it's crap but...I'm just slightly paranoid, you know.
This whole web thing has me off balance, giving me nightmares about how much copy I have on my website and whether I'm tweeting enough. (New people are showing up each day as "followers." Why?) I've yet to figure things out and I think it's going to stay that way for a while so I'll surf as long as the wave is rolling and my board is underfoot.
I long for the old days when Al Gore graciously acquiesced and the Dalai Lama went to Central Park in New York for a love-in. I feel like this blogging stuff is exposing too many of my flaws. By the way, here are some images of Tibetan monk hats that I found on the Web: what's next?
I can't reconcile this reality: there's something inherently "disruptive" about this development: an icon of spirituality, peace, compassion has a web presence? You can even send the guy an email -- though I can't imagine him poking one finger at a time to respond to my earthly missive. (What could I say that would be worthy of his attention?) Is that racism to cast him as a one-finger poker? Is it possible that he knows how to type? Or, has he created a script/macro that makes it all so easy? Oy, these are unsettling questions.
Al Gore has a Twitter presence. (Yes, I follow him.) Once in a while, he weighs in on a matter of the day. On 19 May, he composed a piece about Obama's signing of a
law making new and stringent requirements on fuel economy for car makers (poor guys).I'm blogging for the past few months -- wondering what could come of it besides my own entertainment -- and, I have to confess, I feel like I'm breaking rules every time: meekly sending posts to friends and business acquaintances wondering who's going to yell back at me and write: "Don't send me any more of this crap!" I don't think it's crap but...I'm just slightly paranoid, you know.
This whole web thing has me off balance, giving me nightmares about how much copy I have on my website and whether I'm tweeting enough. (New people are showing up each day as "followers." Why?) I've yet to figure things out and I think it's going to stay that way for a while so I'll surf as long as the wave is rolling and my board is underfoot.
I long for the old days when Al Gore graciously acquiesced and the Dalai Lama went to Central Park in New York for a love-in. I feel like this blogging stuff is exposing too many of my flaws. By the way, here are some images of Tibetan monk hats that I found on the Web: what's next?
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