As a student of the effects of media, I started surfing the net when blogging started to boom. "Wow, what a tool!", I thought. So easy to use, it's free, and it's creating all these networks among bloggers and webpages. Oh...there are still lot of things that frustrate me about the ready-made blogging software they provide, but what the heck, one has to make do.
Now, one of my deep interests (among the many capricious ones I have) is Thai history. As I surfed along, I realized that there were so many version of it out there in Webworld! Not all correctly crafted, I must say, but well, this is the "Web". We all know that the information we find here is not trustworthy just because it's there in a webpage, right? Do your academic research, read real books that have gone through trustworthy publishers, learn to discriminate who the reputable authors are. BTW, that's the speciality of the publishing industry. Don't listen to the syren songs of future ebooks, etc. We will still need publishers and editors, just so they can show us who to trust in the increasing mad house of literature.
Anyway, I thought why don't I use the blog to record which pages I've visited and what I think about them. That's how blogging started after all. But, wait, hesistation! Awh, shucks, the web is changing every single day,new pages being created every minute, news being produced every second, how am I ever going to be able to search out all, and comment on all? It's worse than looking for a needle in a haystack! But if I think like that, nothing will get done. Let's tone down our perfectionism, no? It's just an illusion.
So welcome to my journal, please comment, but be warned that one can't always be perfect, I just try to do my best. Thanks all for paying attention. :)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI really like the way that you write and you think. For me, I think you are very well-educated and a serious thinker person which is very contrast with me. However, what we have in common is interesting in complexity and technology. Well.. I think may be we might have a chance to chat sometimes. Here's how you can reach me:
MSN: knunthavisith@hotmail.com
Yahoo ID: nunthavisith
AIM: kwanlert
.Mac account: kwanlert@mac.com
Have a good one,
BiGGa
Hi Big,
ReplyDeleteSorry, it took time for me to respond, I haven't checked this blog for some time. I am pleasantly surprised that it was visited. I hope you don't mind if I prefer to comment on your blogs rather than chat. I'm glad to have found a Thai friend who I can discuss Thai history, complexity, technology and architecture with.