Comments on: Questioning what I need to know http://kerryj.com/2008/04/01/questioning-what-i-need-to-know/ Learning online and enjoying the journey Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:51:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kerry http://kerryj.com/2008/04/01/questioning-what-i-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 Kerry Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:47:20 +0000 http://kerryj.com/2008/04/01/questioning-what-i-need-to-know/#comment-1099 Yup - I want to use the screen to make money and give myself the freedom to see people face to face. It's knowing which interactions to keep and which ones to discard. I've unsubscribed from 50 newsletters in the past week and feel physically lighter! Yup – I want to use the screen to make money and give myself the freedom to see people face to face. It’s knowing which interactions to keep and which ones to discard. I’ve unsubscribed from 50 newsletters in the past week and feel physically lighter!

]]> By: farmerjae http://kerryj.com/2008/04/01/questioning-what-i-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 farmerjae Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:28:40 +0000 http://kerryj.com/2008/04/01/questioning-what-i-need-to-know/#comment-1098 I find that the internet can be like the tv - many hours spent looking at the screen with not much accomplished in reality. Moving to the farm helped me realized how much energy I used to expend in the working world without any real life productivity being achieved and that now 24 hours on a tractor can feed the town i live in flour for a year - when it rains of course. It's too easy at times to use the screen as an escape, a way to avoid the here and the now and all the tasks that need to be done - but I also know how that internet screen makes me feel closer to friends, family and the wider world. A paradox a paradox oh what a great big paradox. I find that the internet can be like the tv – many hours spent looking at the screen with not much accomplished in reality.
Moving to the farm helped me realized how much energy I used to expend in the working world without any real life productivity being achieved and that now 24 hours on a tractor can feed the town i live in flour for a year – when it rains of course.
It’s too easy at times to use the screen as an escape, a way to avoid the here and the now and all the tasks that need to be done – but I also know how that internet screen makes me feel closer to friends, family and the wider world.

A paradox
a paradox
oh what a great big paradox.

]]> By: Jean http://kerryj.com/2008/04/01/questioning-what-i-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 Jean Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:10:38 +0000 http://kerryj.com/2008/04/01/questioning-what-i-need-to-know/#comment-1097 It happens every day Information overload Time for a reboot It happens every day
Information overload
Time for a reboot

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