The force of ‘www’ is gradually and subtly changing the way we live. Obvious I know. I want to move
with it but sometimes the changes are so subtle and intangible I’m not sure ‘what’ exactly I need to move
with. Sometimes I’m incredibly overwhelmed, yet somehow I’m always intrigued. I love people – talking
to people, watching people, reading about people. Over the last ten years I’ve learnt to communicate with
people online – and I’m still learning. I’ve experienced corporate life and now the opposite, running a
humble little Internet company ‘My Emoticons’. I grew up in England, moved to Australia and now live in
Singapore. Diverse experiences help me solve jigsaw puzzles. I gather pieces of the puzzle from interacting and
observing and then fit them all together and create a picture that tells a much more interesting story. Here’s
the story behind a jigsaw puzzle about villages and emoticons I recently completed. Sounds bizarre I know, I
promise it will make air jordan retro sale sense.
Village Life Before Emoticons And air jordan retro saleSmileys
David Armano introduced me to the idea of a ‘Relationship Renaissance’ in an essay in the ‘Age
of Conversation’. Armano is incredibly perceptive, I read his blog often. He asks the question:Are we not seeing
another Renaissance unfold before our very eyes? A Renaissance built off of us discovering each other? A
Renaissance composed of a human Web woven through shared knowledge, interests and yes conversation?’
Armano’s concept of a ‘Relationship Renaissance’ is based on the idea of individuals relating – to things and
to each other – online. In the ‘olden days’ primitive simple village life made relating simple. This is the time
before there were computers, before there were emoticons and smileys – before there was MSN Messenger –
can you imagine? I knew where you lived and you knew where I lived. We talked and I trusted you. You told me
about the new French bakery in the village. I visited the bakery and bought a fresh baguette. It was warm when I
bought it. I had time to chat with the baker. He gave me a free croissant as I was leaving. Had I stolen the croissant,
everyone would have known about it. We lived in the same village. We walked the same streets. We met the same air jordan retro salepeople.
Then the age of mass communications came along, as described by Seth Godin as the ‘TV-
industrial complex’ i.e. buy ads, get more distribution, sell more products and make more profit. It worked. It
worked very well. People got rich. The Internet was invented. A few years later emoticons arrived on the scene
– ascii emoticons (those ugly text emoticons) and a little later cool graphic emoticons were born, then they
become even more cool when someone invented animated emoticons. But what happened in the village during
this time? I didn’t talk directly to people anymore. I didn’t visit the shops. I started phoning my order to the
grocer in the next village. He would deliver to my door. I didn’t know him and I didn’t know where his
produce came from. It wasn’t as fresh but it was cheaper and faster. Then I started ordering my shopping online.
Are the pieces of the puzzle starting to form a mental picture? Conversations become
indirect and impersonal. Surely ads were more trustworthy than people in the village?
I didn’t have time to chat. I just wanted service – now. Right now, I’m in a hurry. Couldn’t someone
automate the process? Robots work better –air jordan retro sale right?.
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