lets get connected

The facebook and Youtube phenomenon gets bigger everyday. Both are sucking me into their void which results in a neglected blog...what's a blog, doesn't anyone blog anymore? The blog is increasingly being hijacked by businesses. I recently visited one by a major ad agency for whom I have worked in the past. I like to keep an eye on what the big boys are doing.

Of course most posts are heavily censored in that, "we're creative and liberal, but you can't say that" way. Leading advertising agency's pride themselves in their ability to follow trends...most of which are youth based while the worlds population grows older every year. "No problem", they say...everybody wants to stay young and buy things that make them feel young. I'm not so sure.

Overload is everywhere, it's not just in the financial system. The pursuit of more things which are worthless and devoid of real purpose and integrity. We're always searching, moving forward - but frequently it's just more running away.

So we get super connected, connect, connect, connected. With who, for what, half of your friends on Facebook would stab you in the back given half the chance or at least if they're 'professional' relationships! I try to keep my friends as friends, I try to use these network devices with some integrity, some grounding.

My YouTube channel is nearly up to 20,000 views....and I have met so many nice people, really nice people. We send parcels of tobacco samples to each other, all based on trust, the trust of gentlemen spanning the entire world. I should have shares in the post office, I would invest but my post office has been bought by a bank that lost 10 billion. The people are real and we need to keep it real when we're using network websites or a bank...really.