I am listening to Keane right now. I was thinking today, while working on various projects, while listening to Keane, "I wonder who else out there in the world is also listening to Keane, and thinking 'I wonder who else out there in the world is also listening to Keane.' So, I thought to myself: "hey! Google!". After a search on Google (I used this string: site: http://www.blogspot.com I am +"listening to Keane" untitled 1 right now), I found a few blogs that actually listed "listening to Keane". I haven't reviewed the blogs yet, because I thought it would be best to post my own blog, and get the whole thought process down, just in case someone out there is thinking "I wonder who is listening to Keane right now?"
I thought, maybe some day no one will have to be alone if they don't want to be alone. They won't have to be old living in an empty house. Because, if they don't want to be alone, they can reach out into the blogosphere, and either find someone who has already got the information out there, or they can get the information out there so maybe they can find a friend. You know, similar interests and all that.
I was thinking that Google and the blogosphere could some day give people the opportunity to do the following. "I'm listening to
I mean, I do see some technical challenges here. Like the speed with which someone posts to their blog, and the speed with which someone searches, but with micro-blogging that problem might be solved already.
I can also imagine the problem with searching the entire blogosphere. I mean, my search only included a single site. There should probably be an index somewhere of all the blogs that are out there. Of course, how to compile such an index? I have absolutely no idea. I can't even fathom how such a problem could be surmounted. Who knows, maybe the brilliant people at Google have already resolved the problem technically. There's only one way to find out...
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slight issue being that I wrote that in October last year...
I worry about the degree to which people reach into the blogosphere/social networking to avoid dealing with loneliness. One day we'll reach the 'I love my computer, all my friends are there!' stage and never bother with real social interaction again. And while that might be fun, some of the best parts of life are goig out and meeting random strganers who might never listen to the same music as you, or be in the same mood...
Wow, this is actually a really complex issue. I should write a blog about it :).
After doing some thinking, I thought about this question: why would you worry about people reaching into the blogosphere, but not say, the bar/club down the street? I mean, would you say it is equally troublesome that someone say "all my friends are down at the local bar/club" and "all my friends are on the Internet"?
I am speculating what you might actually be concerned about, but considering how complex the issue is, I should probably just write a blog entry about it.
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