Sand in my eyes!

November 24, 2008 at 8:10 pm Leave a comment

I have returned from visiting the Learn & Play Sandbox, and am pleased to report that I found it free of rocks, gum, and cat gifts unlike my local playground! It was very fun reading other people’s edits, especially the favorite movies, and I added a few comments of my own.

I am convinced of the utility of the wiki, I think, but I can’t help but believe that eventually we will need more that 24 hours in the day to keep up with all our wikis, RSS feeds, Bookmarks, tags, blogs, and Twitters! Are we doomed to become WALL-E humans, floating around in our chairs focused on screen in front of our faces and dependent on them for all our information, social interaction, and entertainment? I know my son would like that!

This weekend I drove to Illinois to bring my daughter home from college for her winter break. We were talking about her plans to study abroad next fall. I commented that at least people are still eating a lot of cereal during the economic downturn so her Kellogg’s stock is rising in value and she will be able to afford studying abroad in Australia (as she desires). I was floored when she casually said that she was aware of that as Kellogg’s stock info is one of her bookmarks, so she can check it whenever the mood takes her! I am going to go back to the bookmarking Thing and have a do-over, I think! Maybe after Christmas, as my husband is making noises about getting a more up-to-date computer in the house for me to use (I’d rather have fusible COE 104 glass and some yarn, but a gift is a gift, eh?!)

So maybe the new computer idea is something to start a family wiki about . . .