being there

Something to chew on from from don’t eat the fruit. A taste:

This inability to perform something so basic to being human reshapes what we value in the online world. Instead of presense [sic], we tend to value words in posts, links, and replies. Being present in the real world doesn’t require anything new or novel, but posting online always requires something new or interesting. While being present is a selfless act for another, posting and linking is often more about ourselves than the other.

if a tweet falls in the forest…

Watch for these words as you read this gem from the Orlando Sentinel: “reality”, “ethos”, “immediacy”, “intimacy”, “unorthodox” and “tradition”.

Add to the to do list of the philosophers of the age: “What does it mean ‘to tweet’?”