tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post5695251238863031596..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings – Thomas and the privileges of the on-line worldJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-49930469656980682202014-11-04T19:01:28.381+11:002014-11-04T19:01:28.381+11:00I am glad Thomas. Its nice when something happens ...I am glad Thomas. Its nice when something happens and you find out just how much others are pleased and wish to bask in your glory! <br /><br />My experience of the on-line world is just like yours. Personally, I have gained so much. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-88655143438930104082014-11-03T16:36:38.871+11:002014-11-03T16:36:38.871+11:00As is above, it was wonderful to read this post, J...As is above, it was wonderful to read this post, Jim. I'm always astounded by the numbers that get thrown around when you or Neil have an introspective/retrospective looks - mainly the dates! Has it really been that long? It still seems like yesterday that all this has been happening.<br /><br />I know that, for me, online IS the real. More real than the real, if that even is possible. The few friends I kept in contact with from school has really only been facilitated with through online communication. Some of my best friends now are online. I met my wife online and we only knew each other for a good while through emails. Anyone who ever discounts the online as not being 'real'... well, I fear they have missed the point of the online completely.<br /><br />Trips down memory lane like this are healthy for the soul, I feel, and I have been enjoying them over the past week immensely!Thomashttp://thomasee.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-46281922853244664642014-11-02T07:39:40.622+11:002014-11-02T07:39:40.622+11:00Hi AC and LE.I'm glad that you both liked the ...Hi AC and LE.I'm glad that you both liked the post. <br /><br />LE and I first began blogging when it was still a relatively new form. That made it easier to build the village because we spent a fair bit of time following each other's writing. Then came new internet forms as well as other pressures leading to a decline in the relative importance of blogging as a form of expression and communication. The village became somewhat smaller, a sort of internet drift to the city!<br /><br />I enjoy following people and recording some of our shared history and subsequent progress. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-51754396832363430222014-11-01T11:25:50.986+11:002014-11-01T11:25:50.986+11:00What a beautiful post. Even though I don't blo...What a beautiful post. Even though I don't blog any more (apart from as an editor of my work blog) I still visit blogs such as yours. I love my online friends as much as my offline friends, and it doesn't matter at all that we haven't met in person - in some ways, I think you can get a view of a person's soul through reading their blogs. You probably know more about my life than some of my offline friends, to be honest! I am very fond of you and all the other people in this online village.<br /><br />Well done Thomas, it's lovely to get vindication of one's teaching prowess. Like Thomas, one of the reasons I stopped blogging is because I immersed myself in publications and teaching. Writing the textbook was the straw that broke the camel's back! I still occasionally think it would be nice to write a post or two, but only about once every six months - I only have so much writing energy which I have been channelling into my professional writing more and more. But I have been getting back into art and creative writing recently which has been a real pleasure.Legal Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096038577529334966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-58269116550485758302014-11-01T11:19:55.895+11:002014-11-01T11:19:55.895+11:00You are making an important point, Jim. Value of ...You are making an important point, Jim. Value of any communicating directly in person or via media like internet, letters or phone depends on quality of the communication. All forms can be very valuable and exchange real. Media will not decide how real and valuable it may be. Many would like to live in an internet based village like yours. Your village offers a sense of belonging so important to people.My Observationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725268761534651409noreply@blogger.com