Real Gems
Monday September 12, 2011
The most appreciable things have value beyond material worth. Such things cannot be bought with MasterCard, American Express, or any variety of Visa. Although tickets to a Tim Minchin gig came in at the delectable sum of £30 earlier this week, and that made me a very happy bloke indeed. Especially with 5% cashback. Materialism’s in fashion for a while longer I feel…
There’s no coherent thoughts to scribble about, just a few stray commentaries, patching together a few sketchy ephemera and settling themselves in a shop window along the internet super-byway. You caught a glance if you’ve read this far.
Some faces and friends have recently abandoned social outposts on the internet, for no other reason than to rebel against the snap judgements people construe from profile pages (cf. window shopping). I’ve also fallen out of favour with the idea of pasting any personal crap on the internet, but here this is anyway. I appreciate the rebellious sentiments for a while, then go back to flirting with my Facebook news feed far longer what might be considered healthy or normal.
I’m not at war with the internet just yet, but some opinions are enought to inspire rancourous feelings against the evolution of social media. I’ve nearly abandoned this wordy outpost, but that’s generally because when I do put fingers to keyboard it takes me 2 or 3 drafts before the babbling becomes readable prose.
The more obscure technical guff appears to be vaguely useful, so I’ll try and get in the habit of posting more of the same back up here.
I had a point when I started writing this. Godknows what it was. Something about what money can’t buy, how superficial technology is a measly replacement for practical, humanistic pursuits, and despite all that it somehow keeps perfectly nice people behind a desk all day getting irradiated by dual 19 inch monitors.
Working in a male-dominated environment can be a more than a bit career limiting in terms of interpersonal relationships. Take note IT office managers, the people skills in your workforce will trend upward if you give them space in which they are encouraged to talk to each other. You can tell I’m not embittered by badly designed office space.