Well Done NSL Team

So this is what it’s like in the world of Web 2.0. Welcome to a new place. I think the whole concept of belonging to a world wide network – that jump into the nether regions where you cannot see the ground beneath your feet & cannot really know who is there or what is there – it can take a bit of courage & a new mind set. ‘Astonishing’ to see the millions of people who are ‘out there’ ; does it have an effect on how we communicate face to face with each other, are we better or worse for having internet communities – it will be interesting to discover what other people think.

For some, I believe it has given them the confidence to express themselves more readily than they would otherwise have done to any group ; it’s all too easy to ‘post your view’ ; perhaps much the same way that writing articles, letters, diaries, etc allows us to comment but then we have the greater choice of publicity or privacy (not many will know the person they post their comment to or indeed how it may be used). What did Omar write so long ago (don’t I adore quotes) “the moving finger writes & having writ moved on, nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears wash out a word of it”.

I enjoy using podcasts, Youtube, Project Gutenberg & although not always ‘in the mood’ to check my bloglines for feeds, am always ‘tickled’ to see the news items I’ve requested just waiting for when I’m ready to open them.
I have to say that with access to the vast diversity of material on such an imaginably large scale has for me been ‘tops’; it’s like something I’ve been waiting for – there is somewhere to go that will tell me what I want to know or lead me in a closer direction.

Well done to the web 2.0 team!