Syllabic
Social networking
I like Facebook. I like the clean interface. I like the way you can post snarky little status updates. I like that all of my friends are showing up there, and I can read their snarky little status updates. I’m amused that some people never change; sometimes I find that disappointing too. I even kind of like all the weird applications and add-ons. They’re generally silly, but being able to spend a few seconds sending someone a virtual gift or hug, a comment or a link makes keeping in touch both amazingly easy and remarkably effective. It kind of goes in waves for me. Someone may see my status update and that causes them to send a message. We go back an forth a couple lines at a time, and feel re-connected, caught up. I’ve had old co-workers, friends from organizations, friends from high school and even friends from junior high and elementary school get back in touch.
“Jeremy is feeling enamored with a major social networking site.”
Changing attitudes about finite resources
I get the impression that people — regular people — are genuinely changing their attitudes about energy, gas, oil, finite resources. Around the blogosphere people are writing about different fuels, new energy technologies, wanting governments to seek alternatives to oil. People seem to be accepting that it costs actual money to drive a large vehicle down the road, that maybe that’s not the best thing to be doing, and that there are other options that make more sense environmentally and economically.
Walkable cities are healthy cities
I read in the newspaper today that San Francisco has been rated the most walkable city in the United States. Yes, even with the hills. Maybe especially with the hills. I was walking up the hill to my apartment the other day and, as I got to the top, I remembered how hard that hill was the first time I went to see the apartment, and noted how easy it is now. I’m a Billy Goat.
Is ‘blogoshpere’ a real word?
I’m sort of amazed by all the blogs. People are writing about so many things… some are interesting to me… some are not… some are cleaver, insightful, delightful… some are not. This blog is interesting… maybe not.
Muni, Muni, Muni
I like it when Muni employees show a sense of humor. I heard this on the PA system at Montgomery Station this morning:
“Muni custodian, Muni custodian. Your services are needed at Van Ness Station. We have an extremely serious situation at Van Ness that needs your attention. We have a coffee spill.”