http://chadmullins.com/social-networking/the-problem-of-noise/ A Technology & Business Blog Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:52:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://chadmullins.com/social-networking/the-problem-of-noise/#comment-9 Jeremy Loyd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:15:39 +0000 http://chadmullins.com/?p=36#comment-9 Nice article Chad. I definitely consider myself as having "work-induced ADD"! In regards to your Facebook comments, a friend of mine told me one time, "There's a reason you didn't stay in contact with a lot of those people from your past!" Nice article Chad. I definitely consider myself as having “work-induced ADD”! In regards to your Facebook comments, a friend of mine told me one time, “There’s a reason you didn’t stay in contact with a lot of those people from your past!”

]]> http://chadmullins.com/social-networking/the-problem-of-noise/#comment-7 Gail Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:17:26 +0000 http://chadmullins.com/?p=36#comment-7 Hi Chad! I agree! Have you ever read the book, "Fish", out several years ago? One of the key points is being present. I often observe people during the "meet and greet" time at church (or in other venues) and so often as some one is giving a hug or handshake and saying good morning, they're already scanning the crowd for their next target. Yet it's difficult to turn off those little distractors (is the laundry done yet?) and be present in the moment with the person with whom we're conversing, whether it's F2F, via telephone, chat, e-mail, Skype or Telepresence, or whatever. Our relationships are so important (I could preach an entire series on this one!) I found your observation about old HS classmates friending you to the point. While I have valued reconnecting with friends I'd lost touch with (those little distractors build up and subsequently lead to drifting apart) but there are a bunch of people who've friended me that I never had any kind of relationship with in the original location. Makes an interesting point to ponder: what is a relationship, anyway? Keep up the good work! Hi Chad!
I agree! Have you ever read the book, “Fish”, out several years ago? One of the key points is being present. I often observe people during the “meet and greet” time at church (or in other venues) and so often as some one is giving a hug or handshake and saying good morning, they’re already scanning the crowd for their next target. Yet it’s difficult to turn off those little distractors (is the laundry done yet?) and be present in the moment with the person with whom we’re conversing, whether it’s F2F, via telephone, chat, e-mail, Skype or Telepresence, or whatever. Our relationships are so important (I could preach an entire series on this one!)
I found your observation about old HS classmates friending you to the point. While I have valued reconnecting with friends I’d lost touch with (those little distractors build up and subsequently lead to drifting apart) but there are a bunch of people who’ve friended me that I never had any kind of relationship with in the original location. Makes an interesting point to ponder: what is a relationship, anyway?
Keep up the good work!

]]> http://chadmullins.com/social-networking/the-problem-of-noise/#comment-6 Chad Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:08:52 +0000 http://chadmullins.com/?p=36#comment-6 Thanks a bunch. I'm no writer, but I hope to have some meaningful dialog here. Thanks a bunch. I’m no writer, but I hope to have some meaningful dialog here.

]]>