Technology

Creative destruction

Like the fall of the Berlin Wall, I blew away our former WorldAdventurers.com web site.  Like a home constantly being added to and remodeled, it desperately needed a makeover.  I archived the old site and am starting over from scratch.  You’re welcome to take a tour here:
 
 
There’s not much to look at yet.  Like this blog, it will take time to fill up again with photos, stories and updates.  However, I’ve fundamentally changed my philosophy on this blog and the World Adventurers web site — doing it is best done in moderation.  If I do a bit little by little, I’m more apt to continue it than if I sit down to do an epic amount of work.  Check back frequently for updates.

Getting sucked into Facebook

I have resisted until now setting up a Facebook account; that is, until a good friend and colleague invited me to join.  I finally took the plunge and set up an account.  I had been resisting because I didn’t want to set up yet another account that I would briefly use and forget.  How many are out there that have remnants of my online presence?  MySpace, Second Life, Classmates, Cyworld, Friendster, you name it.  I’ve tried them all and never really went back.  This is about the only online presence I still maintain (well, sort of).  How many of these social networking sites have you joined?  Do you still maintain them?  I have to admit, Facebook seems to make it easier to network than other sites, but at what point will Facebook also face declining popularity?  At this point I feel like the last person in the world to join Facebook.  But will it last, or will it go the way of Tribe.net?  Today’s Facebook may be tomorrow’s MySpace.  Or even worse, tomorrow’s America Online!