mickikrimmel on September 17th, 2008
mickikrimmel on August 29th, 2008
I received an email a few weeks ago from WOM World/Nokia inviting me to attend an upcoming workshop in Helsinki. All expenses paid! I did a quick search to discover it’s the real deal and quickly replied with “Hell yes!” How could I pass up an opportunity to go to Finland? Well now it’s all official. I just got my travel itinerary today. I still don’t know much about the actual event but I have been able to rustle up some clues and I’ve found tons of blog entries like the one you are reading written by my fellow invitees.
According to WOM’s invitation email:
We sometimes help Nokia run events involving participants from social media, like bloggers and forum members. The latest being a new annual workshop that hopes to involve an eclectic mix of the online community in a discussion of what the future holds for everything from mobile technology to media creation.
It’s taking place in September between the 11th and 14th, and will be the first of its kind hosted by Nokia. We’re contacting everyone from creative’s, designers, video producers to open source software bloggers and mobile tech pioneers. There will be a number of workshops that’ll see discussion with participants, and with Nokia guys, about the future of different online arenas and mobile technology. Workshops that we hope you’d like to join in with and make yourself heard.
I love making myself heard! I should have some more information soon and the WOM folks tell me they’ll be launching a website soon where the attendees can share videos and stuff from the event. I’m really looking forward to whatever this is. Unless of course this is some elaborate scheme to fly a bunch of bloggers to Finland for some secret mobile phone sex party. Oh wait…
mickikrimmel on August 26th, 2008
I rarely use Facebook. Myspace even less. It’s my own fault. I’ve ruined these services for myself by accepting too many friends. They have now become useless. I need a way to set levels of friends. Some people should be invited into the outer circles of my world without being given the key to my soul. I don’t value a YouTube “friend” the same as my boyfriend. Sorry, but I’m more interested in what my boyfriend has to say. At least typically… It’s too much work to customize my experience on Facebook and Myspace and in the meantime I’m overloaded with too much crap. Who are these people anyway? It’s a shame too because I’m missing out on some real connections with actual friends.
Facebook is just too fat. Every time I open it, I feel this huge weight drop on me. Oh shit, I’m gonna have to dig through a million messages to find anything important. I don’t give a fuck about who owns me as a pet or who threw what at me. It’s simple, really. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL MY OWN GODDAMNED EXPERIENCE. I should be able to tell you what I care about and that should define how Facebook looks to me. Don’t get me started on YouTube. I can’t even bring myself to open that shit.
Email is the same. Messages are sent to these pits to die. If you need to get in touch with me right away, call me. Twitter me. IM me. Do something where you know I will receive the message in a timely manner. How did email become the de facto mode of communication? How do you know I’m checking my email? What if I don’t check it today? Then what happens to your message? How does it become my fault that I didn’t respond to your stupid email? By sending a message to the pit of death, you are making assumptions about MY behavior. You are assuming that I’m going to be checking my email today. You assume that I read my facebook messages. How am I supposed to know which email/facebook messages are worth reading? Do you really want to mix up your important message with all the spam from YouTubers?
I’m the one that has to manage all this shit. I’m the one that has to decide who to respond to and when. Why do my tools put all the power in the hands of the people sending me messages? Why do I feel powerless when I’m opening MY email/MY facebook/MY myspace?
Sorry for the rant. If I owe you an email, try calling me instead. kthxbai.
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mickikrimmel on July 22nd, 2008
mickikrimmel on July 10th, 2008
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